Scolonida
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| Scolonida | |
|---|---|
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| Scolonida gracilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Munididae |
| Genus: | Scolonida Macpherson & Baba, 2022 |
| Type species | |
| Munida gracilis Henderson, 1885 | |
Scolonida is a small genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae.[1][2][3] It was erected in 2022 to accommodate three species previously placed in the genus Munida. The genus name combines the Greek scolos (=spine) and the genus name, Munida, and refers to the presence of protogastric spines that characterize the genus.[3]
Scolonida are distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with one species found in the waters of Somalia, and two other near Australia and New Zealand.[3]
