''Plesionida'' is a genus of
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 ...
s in the family
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 trispinos ...
.
, it contains the following species:
* ''
Plesionida aliena''
(Macpherson, 1996) —
New Caledonia
)
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Fiji
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, and
Tonga
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, .
* ''
Plesionida aurelia'' — Northwestern Australia, .
* ''
Plesionida concava'' —
Solomon Islands
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, .
* ''
Plesionida psila''
Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996 — New Caledonia, .
The generic name is a combination of the Greek ''plesios'', meaning "near" and the final syllables of ''
Munida
''Munida'' is the largest genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, with over 240 species.
Species
*''Munida abelloi'' Macpherson, 1994
*''Munida acacia'' Ahyong, 2007
*''Munida acantha'' Macpherson, 1994
* ''Munida acola'' Macpherson, 2 ...
''. Its
gender
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is feminine.
References
Further reading
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External links
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Squat lobsters
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