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Pleuroncodes
''Pleuroncodes'' is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species: * ''Pleuroncodes monodon'' (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) * ''Pleuroncodes planipes ''Pleuroncodes planipes'', sometimes called the pelagic red crab (or simply " red crab"), tuna crab or ', is a species of squat lobster from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Description ''Pleuroncodes planipes'' is a bright red animal, up to long. It ...'' Stimpson, 1860 References External links * Squat lobsters Decapod genera Taxa named by William Stimpson {{decapod-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleuroncodes Planipes
''Pleuroncodes planipes'', sometimes called the pelagic red crab (or simply " red crab"), tuna crab or ', is a species of squat lobster from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Description ''Pleuroncodes planipes'' is a bright red animal, up to long. It resembles a true lobster, but has a shorter abdomen. Taxonomic history ''Pleuroncodes planipes'' was first described by William Stimpson in 1860. In his description, Stimpson noted that ''P. planipes'' was very close to '' P. monodon'', the only other species in the genus. Distribution ''Pleuroncodes planipes'' lives on the continental shelf west of Mexico. It is usually found only south-west of San Diego, but in warmer years, its range may extend northwards into California. This is usually indicative of an El Niño event. Adults migrate vertically to near the ocean surface and large numbers occasionally wash up on beaches during warm water events. The southern limit of the species' range is in Chile. Life cycle The life cycle of ''Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleuroncodes Monodon
''Pleuroncodes monodon'', sometimes called 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 ''Cervimunida johni''. Fishery The fishery of ''P. monodon'' in Chile is divided into two areas, of which the southern unit is the more important. The artisanal fishery of ''P. monodon'' was banned in the southern unit for three years, from 1980 to 1982, in an attempt to restore the collapsing population. Afterwards, quotas were put in place to limit the fishery, although another three-year ban, was required from 1989 to 1991. Fishing for ''P. monodon'' has again resumed, but at far lower levels than before the initial regulation. Distribution ''Pleuroncodes monodon'' is found from 41° S in Chile to 15° N in Mexico. Life cycle ''Pleuroncodes monodon'' produces small eggs, in clutches of up to nearly 34,000; the larvae that hatch from them pass through five plank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squat Lobster
Squat lobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are found in the two superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, which form part of the decapod infraorder Anomura, alongside groups including the hermit crabs and mole crabs. They are distributed worldwide in the oceans, and occur from near the surface to deep sea hydrothermal vents, with one species occupying caves above sea level. More than 900 species have been described, in around 60 genera. Some species form dense aggregations, either on the sea floor or in the water column, and a small number are commercially fished. Description The two main groups of squat lobsters share most features of their morphology. They resemble true lobsters in some ways, but are somewhat flattened dorsoventrally, and are typically smaller. Squat lobsters vary in carapace length (measured from the eye socket to the rear edge), from in the case of ''Munidopsis aries'', down to o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squat Lobsters
Squat lobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are found in the two superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, which form part of the decapod infraorder Anomura, alongside groups including the hermit crabs and mole crabs. They are distributed worldwide in the oceans, and occur from near the surface to deep sea hydrothermal vents, with one species occupying caves above sea level. More than 900 species have been described, in around 60 genera. Some species form dense aggregations, either on the sea floor or in the water column, and a small number are commercially fished. Description The two main groups of squat lobsters share most features of their morphology. They resemble true lobsters in some ways, but are somewhat flattened dorsoventrally, and are typically smaller. Squat lobsters vary in carapace length (measured from the eye socket to the rear edge), from in the case of '' Munidopsis aries'', down to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munididae
The Munididae are a family of squat lobsters, taxonomically separated from the family Galatheidae in 2010. Description and ecology The squat lobsters in the family Munididae can be distinguished from other families by the presence of a trispinose frontal edge to the carapace, as well as a central rostrum, and two spines extend forward from above the eyes. Although a few species enter shallow water, the majority of species in the Munididae are deep-water taxa, in contrast to the mostly shallow-water Galatheidae. Taxonomy The genera now included in the family Munididae had previously been included in a wider Galatheidae. When originally described , the family contained these genera: *'' Agononida'' Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996 *''Anomoeomunida'' Baba, 1993 *'' Anoplonida'' Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996 *'' Babamunida'' Cabezas, Macpherson & Machordom, 2008 *'' Bathymunida'' Balss, 1914 *''Cervimunida'' Benedict, 1902 *†'' Cretagalathea'' Garassino, De Angeli & Pasini, 2008 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stimpson
William Stimpson (February 14, 1832 – May 26, 1872) was a noted American scientist. He was interested particularly in marine biology. Stimpson became an important early contributor to the work of the Smithsonian Institution and later, director of the Chicago Academy of Sciences. Biography Stimpson was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Herbert Hathorne Stimpson and Mary Ann Devereau Brewer. The Stimpsons were of the colonial stock of Massachusetts, the earliest known member of the family being James Stimpson, who was married in 1661, in Milton. His mother died at an early age. William Stimpson's father was an ingenious inventor, and a leading merchant of Boston in the mid decades of the nineteenth century, trading as "H. & F. Stimpson, stoves and furnaces, corner of Congress and Water Streets. It was he who invented the "Stimpson range", the first sheet-iron cooking stove, famous in its day throughout New England. He also made improvements in rifles, and suggested the placin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zootaxa
''Zootaxa'' is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists. It is published by Magnolia Press (Auckland, New Zealand). The journal was established by Zhi-Qiang Zhang in 2001 and new issues are published multiple times a week. From 2001 to 2020, more than 60,000 new species have been described in the journal accounting for around 25% of all new taxa indexed in The Zoological Record in the last few years. Print and online versions are available. Temporary suspension from JCR The journal exhibited high levels of self-citation and its journal impact factor of 2019 was suspended from ''Journal Citation Reports'' in 2020, a sanction which hit 34 journals in total. Biologist Ross Mounce noted that high levels of self-citation may be inevitable for a journal which publishes a large share of new species classification. Later that year this decision was reversed and it was admitted that levels of self-citation are appropriate considering the large proportion of papers f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decapod Genera
Decapod may refer to: Biology * Decapoda, an order of crustaceans such as lobsters and crabs * Decapodiformes, ten-limbed cephalopods with eight arms and two tentacles Trains * 2-10-0, a steam locomotive wheel arrangement known as "Decapod" in the United States * 0-10-0, a steam locomotive wheel arrangement known as "Decapod" in the United Kingdom * GER Decapod, an experimental 0-10-0 steam locomotive built by the Great Eastern Railway Fiction * Decapodians, decapod-like fictional characters in the cartoon series ''Futurama'' * "The Decapod", the third episode of the second series of the 1960s British television series ''The Avengers'' * In the 2016 Disney film Moana, a crab named Tamatoa refers to himself as a decapod during the singing of the song "Shiny". See also * Monopod * Tripod * Tetrapod * Hexapod (other) * Octopod An octopus ( : octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bodied, eight- limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
