A new species of Munidopsis (Decapoda: Anomura) from the Miocene Higashibessho Formation, Japan

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Munidopsis kaedetatsuyai, a new species of the squat lobster genus Munidopsis Whiteaves (Decapoda: Anomura) is described from the Higashibessho Formation (uppermost Lower–lowermost Middle Miocene) of the Yatsuo Group in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan. This is the first recognized species of the genus and the second record for Munidopsidae Ortmann from the Cenozoic of Japan.