Eumunida picta
| Eumunida picta | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Eumunididae |
| Genus: | Eumunida |
| Species: | E. picta |
| Binomial name | |
| Eumunida picta S. I. Smith, 1883 [1] | |
Eumunida picta is a species of squat lobster. The species is strongly associated with reefs of Lophelia pertusa, a deep-water coral, and with methane seeps.[2] It occurs abundantly in the western Atlantic Ocean,[3] where it is found from Massachusetts to Colombia.[4]
References
- ↑ "Eumunida picta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
- ↑ Morgan J. Kilgour & Thomas C. Shirley (2008). "Eumunida picta S. I. Smith, 1883, and Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758): a relationship or just good friends?". Crustaceana 81 (5): 587–593. doi:10.1163/156854008784092166.
- ↑ Ken Sulak (August 1, 2004). "Squat lobster Eumunida picta". United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ Keiji Baba, Enrique Macpherson, Gary C. B. Poore, Shane T. Ahyong, Adriana Bermudez, Patricia Cabezas, Chia-Wei Lin, Martha Nizinski, Celso Rodrigues & Kareen E. Schnabel (2008). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura – families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa 1905: 1–220.
External links
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