''Munida albiapicula'' is a species of

squat lobster Squat lobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are found in the two superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, which form part of the decapod infraorder Anomura, alongs ...

in the family

Munididae Munididae is a family of squat lobsters, taxonomically separated from the family Galatheidae in 2010. Description and ecology The squat lobsters in the family Munididae can be distinguished from other families by the presence of a trispinose f ...

. The specific epithet is derived from the combination of the Latin ''albus'', meaning "white", and ''apiculus'', meaning "tip", referring to the white tips of the supraocular spines. The males usually measure up to , with the females measuring up to . It is found off of the north east coast of

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

, at depths between about .

References

Squat lobsters Crustaceans described in 1987 {{squat-lobster-stub