Munidopsis polymorpha
| Munidopsis polymorpha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Galatheidae |
| Genus: | Munidopsis |
| Species: | M. polymorpha |
| Binomial name | |
| Munidopsis polymorpha Koelbel, 1892 | |
Munidopsis polymorpha is a species of squat lobster (also known as the blind albino cave crab) that is endemic to Lanzarote, Canary Islands. They are small, blind and pale, and can be found in the caves of Jameos del Agua, in lava tubes formed by volcanic eruptions 3,000 years ago.[1] Ovigerous females carry only two eggs which are relatively big in contrast to the numerous small eggs in other anomuran crustaceans.[2]
References
- ↑ Horst Wilkens, Jakob Parzefal & Thomas Iliffe (2001). "Origin and age of the marine stygofauna of Lanzarote, Canary Islands" (PDF). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 83: 223–230.
- ↑ Jonas Keiler, Stefan Richter & Christian S. Wirkner (2015). "Evolutionary morphology of the organ systems in squat lobsters and porcelain crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomala): An insight into carcinization.". Journal of Morphology 276: 1–21. doi:10.1002/jmor.20311.
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