Dactylonida | |
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Dactylonida curvimana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Munididae |
Genus: | Dactylonida Macpherson & Baba, 2022 |
Type species | |
Munida curvimana A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1894
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Dactylonida is a small genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae.[1][2][3] It was erected in 2022 to accommodate two species formerly placed in Munida, one of them (Dactylonida curvimana) from the East Atlantic and the other (Dactylonida mexicana) from the Central-Eastern Pacific.[3]
The genus Dactylonida name combines the Greek daktylos (=finger) and the genus name, Munida, and refers to the very long fingers on the chelipeds characteristic for the genus.[3]
There are two recognized species:[1]