M. minuta can refer to a few different species. The specific epithet minuta means "minute" or "small". * , a beetle in the genus Macrolopha * Manuherikia minuta, an extinct species of duck * Marchena minuta, a jumping spider * Marsilea minuta, or dwarf waterclover, an aquatic fern * , an orchid in the genus Masdevallia * Megasporoporia minuta, a crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae * , a nudibranch in the genus Melibe * Melica minuta, a grass in the family Poaceae * , a spider in the genus Metleucauge * Menegazzia minuta, a lichen in the family Parmeliaceae * Miaenia minuta, a beetle in the family Cerambycidae * Micronycteris minuta, the white-bellied big-eared bat * Micropilina minuta, a mollusk in the genus Micropilina * Microrape minuta, a moth of the family Megalopygid