Scolonida
| Scolonida | |
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| Scolonida gracilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Munididae |
| Genus: | Scolonida Macpherson & Baba, 2022 |
| Type species | |
| Munida gracilis Henderson, 1885
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Scolonida is a small genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae.[1][2][3] It was erected in 2022 to accommodate three species previously placed in the genus Munida. The genus name combines the Greek scolos (=spine) and the genus name, Munida, and refers to the presence of protogastric spines that characterize the genus.[3]
Scolonida are distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with one species found in the waters of Somalia, and two other near Australia and New Zealand.[3]
Species
There are three recognized species:[1]
- Scolonida gracilis (Henderson, 1885)
- Scolonida haswelli (Henderson, 1885)
- Scolonida rubiesi (Macpherson, 1991)
References
- ^ a b "Scolonida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom, Ahyong, Andreakis, Baba, Buckley, Garcia-Jimenez, McCallum, Rodriguez-Flores & Macpherson, 2022". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Scolonida Macpherson & Baba, 2022". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ S2CID 252812564.
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