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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.
Allogalathea elegans (known as the feather star squat lobster, crinoid squat lobster or elegant squat lobster) is a species of squat lobster that is sometimes kept in marine aquariums. Despite their common name, they are more closely related to hermit crabs than lobsters.
Grimothea monodon, also known as 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 Grimothea johni.
G. squamifera is found from Norway to the Azores and in the Mediterranean Sea, [3] and is the most commonly found species of squat lobster on the shores of Northern Europe. [4] It lives between the low water mark and depths of about 70 metres (230 ft), [3] under stones and in rock fissures. [4]
Lauriea siagiani is a small squat lobster, up to 7 millimetres (0.28 in) long. It differs from the only other species in the genus, Lauriea gardineri by a number of features, but most obviously by the coloration: L. gardineri is pale brown with darker bands, while L. siagiani is orange or pink with red or purplish markings.
Munida quadrispina is a species of squat lobster. It was originally introduced to science by James E. Benedict in 1902. [ 1 ] This and other species of squat lobsters are sometimes referred to as "pinch bugs".
Munida gregaria, commonly known as the gregarious squat lobster, [2] is a species of squat lobster found along the eastern seaboard of the South Island of New Zealand, [3] around the southern coast of Tasmania and in a few locations around the southern parts of South America and Tierra del Fuego.
Grimothea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. [1] Species. The following species are recognised in the genus Grimothea: [1]