Leptonida | |
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Leptonida delicata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Munididae |
Genus: |
Leptonida Macpherson & Baba, 2022 |
Type species | |
Munida delicata Macpherson, 2004
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Leptonida is a small genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. [1] [2] [3] It was erected in 2022 to accommodate Munida delicata, now Leptonida delicata, in a major revision of the genus Munida. [3] At the time, it was monotypic, [3] but the World Register of Marine Species lists another species [1] not mentioned in the 2022 revision. Leptonida delicata occurs in south-western Pacific Ocean. [3]
The genus Leptonida name combines the Greek leptos (=thin) and the genus name, Munida, and refers to the thin carapace that characterize the genus. [3]
There are two recognized species: [1]
Leptonida | |
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Leptonida delicata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Munididae |
Genus: |
Leptonida Macpherson & Baba, 2022 |
Type species | |
Munida delicata Macpherson, 2004
|
Leptonida is a small genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. [1] [2] [3] It was erected in 2022 to accommodate Munida delicata, now Leptonida delicata, in a major revision of the genus Munida. [3] At the time, it was monotypic, [3] but the World Register of Marine Species lists another species [1] not mentioned in the 2022 revision. Leptonida delicata occurs in south-western Pacific Ocean. [3]
The genus Leptonida name combines the Greek leptos (=thin) and the genus name, Munida, and refers to the thin carapace that characterize the genus. [3]
There are two recognized species: [1]