Munida quadrispina

Munida quadrispina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Munididae
Genus: Munida
Species:
M. quadrispina
Binomial name
Munida quadrispina
Benedict, 1902

Munida quadrispina is a species of squat lobster. It was originally introduced to science by James E. Benedict in 1902.[1] This and other species of squat lobsters are sometimes referred to as "pinch bugs".[2]

  1. ^ Benedict, J.E. (1902). "Description of a new genus and forty six new species of crustaceans of the family Galatheidae with a list of the known marine species". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 26 (1311): 243–334. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.26-1311.243.
  2. ^ "Munida quadrispina, pinch bug". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2018-07-04.