Taxonomic revision of two dominant Munidopsis species (Decapoda, Anomura, Munidopsidae) from the cold seeps in the northern South China Sea: new records and complementary descriptions Author Dong, Dong 0000-0002-8087-7763 Department of Marine Organism Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Qingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China Author Seid, Charlotte A. 0000-0002-5307-691X Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA Author Li, Xinzheng 0000-0001-6344-6542 Department of Marine Organism Taxonomy & Phylogeny, Qingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China & Laoshan Lab, Qingdao 266237, China Author Rouse, Greg W. 0000-0001-9036-9263 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA text ZooKeys 2025 2025-11-26 1261 165 188 journal article 313253 10.3897/zookeys.1261.171276 9bf7d169-05ab-4bc2-9af5-7b73cd7b2a6d PMC12676479 41357955 659E48AD-D33E-4924-BB2F-459A4F0C2074

Table 2. Inter- and intraspecific genetic distances (%) among the five Munidopsis species based on the COI gene.

	M. lauensis	M. ryukyuensis	M. longispinosa	M. similis	M. cf. verrilli
M. lauensis	0–0.2
M. ryukyuensis	13.1 – 13.8	0–0.6
M. longispinosa	17.2	17.2–17.9	0
M. similis	16–17.5	12.7–14.9	12.8–13.2	0.6–2
M. cf. verrilli	17.5 – 19.8	14.2–16.3	12.8–14.6	0.8–3.8	1.4