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Genus: | Plesionida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996 [1] |
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Plesionida psila Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996 |
Plesionida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. [2] As of 2017 [update] , it contains the following species: [3]
The generic name is a combination of the Greek plesios, meaning "near" and the final syllables of Munida . Its gender is feminine. [1]
Agononida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Anomoeomunida caribensis is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.
Anoplonida is a genus of squat lobsters, which are flattened dorsoventrally, in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Babamunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Bathymunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Cervimunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Crosnierita is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Galacantha is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munidopsidae, containing the following species:
Heteronida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Leiogalathea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munidopsidae, containing the following species:
Neonida grandis is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.
Onconida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Paramunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Raymunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following 11 species:
Setanida cristata is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.
Shinkaia crosnieri is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munidopsidae. S. crosnieri lives in deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems, living off of the chemosynthetic activity of certain bacteria living on its setae.
Tasmanida norfolkae is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.
Torbenella is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
The Galatheoidea are a superfamily of decapod crustaceans comprising the porcelain crabs and some squat lobsters. Squat lobsters within the three families of the superfamily Chirostyloidea are not closely related to the squat lobsters within the Galatheoidea. The fossil record of the superfamily extends back to the Middle Jurassic genus Palaeomunidopsis.
The Munididae are a family of squat lobsters, taxonomically separated from the family Galatheidae in 2010.