Eumunida
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Eumunida is a genus
of squat lobster
s. There are 28 recognised species in the genus, the majority of which are from the Pacific Ocean
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of squat lobster
Squat lobster
Squat lobsters are decapod crustaceans of the families Galatheidae, Chirostylidae and Kiwaidae, including the common genera Galathea and Munida. They are not lobsters at all, but are more closely related to porcelain crabs, hermit crabs and then, more distantly, true crabs...
s. There are 28 recognised species in the genus, the majority of which are from the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
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- Eumunida ampliata De Saint Laurent & Poupin, 1996
- Eumunida annulosa De Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1990
- Eumunida australis De Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1990
- Eumunida balssi Gordon, 1930
- Eumunida bella De Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1990
- Eumunida bispinata Baba, 1990
- Eumunida capillata De Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1990
- Eumunida debilistriata Baba, 1977
- Eumunida depressa De Saint Laurent & Poupin, 1996
- Eumunida dofleini Gordon, 1930
- Eumunida funambulus Gordon, 1930
- Eumunida gordonae Baba, 1976
- Eumunida karubar De Saint Laurent & Poupin, 1996
- Eumunida keijii De Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1990
- Eumunida laevimana Gordon, 1930
- Eumunida macphersoni De Saint Laurent & Poupin, 1996
- Eumunida marginata De Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1990
- Eumunida minor De Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1990
- Eumunida multilineata De Saint Laurent & Poupin, 1996
- Eumunida pacifica Gordon, 1930
- Eumunida parva De Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1990
- Eumunida pictaEumunida pictaEumunida picta is a species of squat lobster. The species is strongly associated with reefs of Lophelia pertusa, a deep-water coral, and with methane seeps. It occurs abundantly in the western Atlantic Ocean, where it is found from Massachusetts to Colombia....
Smith, 1883 - Eumunida similior Baba, 1990
- Eumunida smithii Henderson, 1885
- Eumunida spinosa Macpherson, 2006
- Eumunida squamifera De Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1990
- Eumunida sternomaculata De Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1990
- Eumunida treguieri De Saint Laurent & Poupin, 1996