Scolonida

Scolonida
Scolonida gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Munididae
Genus: Scolonida
Macpherson & Baba, 2022
Type species
Munida gracilis
Henderson, 1885

Scolonida is a small genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae.[1][2][3] It was erected in 2022 to accommodate three species previously placed in the genus Munida. The genus name combines the Greek scolos (=spine) and the genus name, Munida, and refers to the presence of protogastric spines that characterize the genus.[3]

Scolonida are distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with one species found in the waters of Somalia, and two other near Australia and New Zealand.[3]

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