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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". [2]
Squat lobsters are large enough to be caught by top predators, and can thus form a "direct trophic shortcut" between the primary producers at the bottom of the food web, and the carnivores at the top.
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.
There are many species of squat lobster, but M. gregaria is unusual in that it is only one of a very few of the Munida species that aggregate in large swarms. [2] Adult M. gregaria live on the sea floor and grow to around 5 cm (2.0 in) long. They have been found on the sea floor in the outer Marlborough Sounds and along the coastline from Cook ...
Galathea strigosa is a species of squat lobster in the family Galatheidae. [2] It is found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, from the North Cape to the Canary Islands, and in the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea. [3] It is edible, but not fished commercially. [4]
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]
A. Acanthogalathea; Acanthogalathea feldmanni; Acanthogalathea parva; Acanthogalathea squamosa; Agononida; Agononida africerta; Agononida alisae; Agononida andrewi
Coralliogalathea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae. [1] Initially thought to be monotypic , solely represented by Coralliogalathea humilis , recent analysis has split the genus into six, morphologically similar but genetically different species .