Munidopsis mandelai | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Munidopsidae |
Genus: | Munidopsis |
Species: | M. mandelai
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Binomial name | |
Munidopsis mandelai Macpherson, Amon & Clark, 2014
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Munidopsis mandelai is a species of Munidopsidae that lives on the Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge around 750 meters below sea level. [1] [2] With a carapace that grows to 7 mm long, it is the second largest species in the genus Munidopsis. [2]
Munidopsis mandelai was named after Nelson Mandela, who died the month before its discovery. [2]
Munidopsis mandelai | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Munidopsidae |
Genus: | Munidopsis |
Species: | M. mandelai
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Binomial name | |
Munidopsis mandelai Macpherson, Amon & Clark, 2014
|
Munidopsis mandelai is a species of Munidopsidae that lives on the Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge around 750 meters below sea level. [1] [2] With a carapace that grows to 7 mm long, it is the second largest species in the genus Munidopsis. [2]
Munidopsis mandelai was named after Nelson Mandela, who died the month before its discovery. [2]