Babamunida debrae

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Babamunida debrae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Munididae
Genus: Babamunida
Species:
B. debrae
Binomial name
Babamunida debrae
Baba, 2011 [1]

Babamunida debrae, Debra's squat lobster, is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. [2] [3] [4] It was discovered on the west coast of Hawaii, usually sheltering in holes of lava rocks. [1] It is named after Debra Newbery, who discovered the species alongside Dennis McCrea. [5] It was discovered on the west coast of Hawaii, usually sheltering in holes of lava rocks. [1]

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Distribution

Babamunida debrae is considered endemic to the Hawaiian islands, in comparison to other munidopsid species, which are known to have a large distribution. [6] [7] Debra's squat lobster has been found in shallow waters, between 50–85 ft (15–26 m). [7] [8] It has also been spotted in the French Frigate Shoals. [5]

Description

The species is bright orange in coloration, with big eyes and white stripes on the claws. [8] [5] Its carapace width is observed to be around 5 mm (0.20 in). [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Baba, Keiji (2011). "Babamunida debrae, a new species of squat lobster (Crustacea: Anomura: Galatheoidea: Munididae) from the Hawaiian Islands" . Zootaxa. 2812 (1): 21–27. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2812.1.2 .
  2. ↑ "Babamunida debrae Baba, 2011". DecaNet. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Babamunida debrae Baba, 2011". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Machordom, Annie; Ahyong, Shane T.; Andreakis, Nikos; Baba, Keiji; Buckley, David; García-Jiménez, Ricardo; McCallum, Anna W.; Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C. & Macpherson, Enrique (2022). "Deconstructing the crustacean squat lobster genus Munida to reconstruct the evolutionary history and systematics of the family Munididae (Decapoda, Anomura, Galatheoidea)". Invertebrate Systematics. 36 (10): 926–970. doi:10.1071/IS22013. hdl: 10261/280688 .
  5. 1 2 3 "Hawaii squat lobsters babamunida debrae galatheidae". www.hawaiisfishes.com. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "Decanet - Babamunida debrae Baba, 2011". decanet.info. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  7. 1 2 Rodríguez Flores, Paula C.; Schnabel, Kareen E. (2023). "New records and species of deep-sea squat lobsters (Galatheoidea, Munidopsidae) from the Hawaiian Archipelago: an integrative approach using micro-CT and barcodes". PeerJ. 11 e14956. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14956 . ISSN   2167-8359. PMC   10007970 . PMID   36915659.
  8. 1 2 Hoover, John P. (1 March 2006). Hawaii's Sea Creatures: A Guide to Hawaii's Marine Invertebrates (Revised 5th ed.). Mutual Publishing. ISBN   978-1566472203.
  9. ↑ "Debra's Squat Lobster, Babamunida debrae". www.marinelifephotography.com. Retrieved 11 December 2025.


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