Munidopsis echinata

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Munidopsis echinata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Munidopsidae
Genus: Munidopsis
Species:
M. echinata
Binomial name
Munidopsis echinata
Osawa, Lin & Chan, 2008

Munidopsis echinata is a species of squat lobster, first found in deep waters off Taiwan. M. echinata is similar to M. colombiana , but differs by lacking an antennal spine on its carapace and having a rather longer antennal peduncle. [1]

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References

  1. Chan, Tim-Yam; Osawa, Masayuki; Lin, Chia-Wei (2008). "Especies de Galacantha y Munidopsis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) de las aguas profundas frente a Taiwan, con la descripción de dos nuevas especies". Scientia Marina. 72 (1). doi: 10.3989/scimar.2008.72n137 . ISSN   1886-8134.

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