Garymunida squamosa
Species of crustacean
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Garymunida squamosa is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae.[1][2][3] The males measure from 5.5 to 17.0 millimetres (0.22 to 0.67 in) and the females from 5.1 to 16.4 millimetres (0.20 to 0.65 in). It is found off of Japan, Indonesia, the Admiralty Islands, northeastern Australia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, and Wallis and Futuna, at depths between about 175 and 750 metres (574 and 2,461 ft). It is also found off of Fiji and Tonga, where it resides between depths of about 350 and 590 metres (1,150 and 1,940 ft).[4]
| Garymunida squamosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Munididae |
| Genus: | Garymunida |
| Species: | G. squamosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Garymunida squamosa (Henderson, 1885) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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