Dactylonida | |
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Dactylonida curvimana | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Munididae |
Genus: |
Dactylonida Macpherson & Baba, 2022 |
Type species | |
Munida curvimana
A. Milne Edwards &
Bouvier, 1894
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Dactylonida is a small genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. [1] [2] [3] It was erected in 2022 to accommodate two species formerly placed in Munida, one of them ( Dactylonida curvimana) from the East Atlantic and the other ( Dactylonida mexicana) from the Central-Eastern Pacific. [3]
The genus Dactylonida name combines the Greek daktylos (=finger) and the genus name, Munida, and refers to the very long fingers on the chelipeds characteristic for the genus. [3]
There are two recognized species: [1]
Dactylonida | |
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Dactylonida curvimana | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Munididae |
Genus: |
Dactylonida Macpherson & Baba, 2022 |
Type species | |
Munida curvimana
A. Milne Edwards &
Bouvier, 1894
|
Dactylonida is a small genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. [1] [2] [3] It was erected in 2022 to accommodate two species formerly placed in Munida, one of them ( Dactylonida curvimana) from the East Atlantic and the other ( Dactylonida mexicana) from the Central-Eastern Pacific. [3]
The genus Dactylonida name combines the Greek daktylos (=finger) and the genus name, Munida, and refers to the very long fingers on the chelipeds characteristic for the genus. [3]
There are two recognized species: [1]