Grimothea monodon

Grimothea monodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Munididae
Genus: Grimothea
Species:
G. monodon
Binomial name
Grimothea monodon
Synonyms [1]
List
  • Galathea monodon H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
  • Grimothea duperreii H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
  • Munida cokeri Rathbun, 1910
  • Pleuroncodes monodon (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)

Grimothea monodon, also known as the red squat lobster, is a species of squat lobster from the south-eastern Pacific Ocean, where it is the subject of commercial fishery alongside the species Grimothea johni.[2]

  1. ^ Enrique Macpherson (2023). "Grimothea monodon (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  2. ^ R. W. Ingle (1997). "Imported crayfishes, lobsters and crabs". Crayfishes, Lobsters, and Crabs of Europe: an Illustrated Guide to Common and Traded Species. Springer. pp. 177–232. ISBN 9780412710605.