Babamunida

<i>Babamunida</i>

Babamunida

Genus of crustaceans

Babamunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae.[1][2][3] The genus occurs in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans,[2][3] with the greatest diversity in the Pacific (8 species).[3]

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Species

There are twelve recognized species:[1]

Babamunida coltroi and Babamunida robusta are included here pending a more careful study.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Babamunida Cabezas, Macpherson & Machordom, 2008". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Babamunida Cabezas, Macpherson & Machordom, 2008". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. [3]
    Machordom, Annie; Ahyong, Shane T.; Andreakis, Nikos; Baba, Keiji; Buckley, David; García-Jiménez, Ricardo; McCallum, Anna W.; Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C. & Macpherson, Enrique (2022). "Deconstructing the crustacean squat lobster genus Munida to reconstruct the evolutionary history and systematics of the family Munididae (Decapoda, Anomura, Galatheoidea)". Invertebrate Systematics. 36 (10): 926–970. doi:10.1071/IS22013. hdl:10261/280688.
  4. [4]
    Baba, Keiji (2011). "Babamunida debrae, a new species of squat lobster (Crustacea: Anomura: Galatheoidea: Munididae) from the Hawaiian Islands". Zootaxa. 2812 (1): 21–27. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2812.1.2.


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