Munida chydaea

Munida chydaea is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae.[1] It was first described in 2004 by Shane Ahyong and Gary Poore.[1][2]The species name is derived from the Greek χυδαῖος (khudaîos), "abundant", in reference to how numerous the species is. The males measure between about 23.3 and 46.7 millimetres (0.9 and 1.8 in) and the females between about 12.4 and 36.0 millimetres (0.5 and 1.4 in). It is found off of Tasmania and Victoria to Sydney, and in the Great Australian Bight, at depths between about 145 and 700 metres (480 and 2,300 ft).[3]

Munida chydaea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Munididae
Genus: Munida
Species:
M. chydaea
Binomial name
Munida chydaea
Ahyong & Poore, 2004

in 2021, this species was synonymised with Munida gracilis Henderson, 1885[4] which is accepted by WoRMS as Scolonida gracilis (Henderson, 1885).[5]

References
  1. Enrique Macpherson (2009). "Munida chydaea Ahyong & Poore, 2004". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. Shane T. Ahyong; Gary C. B. Poore (24 March 2004). "Deep-water Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from southern and eastern Australia". Zootaxa. 472 (1): 3-76 [24-28]. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.472.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q28938849.
  3. "Munida chydaea - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Archived from the original on 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  4. McCallum, A., Ahyong, S. & Andreakis, N. 2021. New species of squat lobsters of the genus Munida from Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 80: 113-152 [142]
  5. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Munida chydaea Ahyong & Poore, 2004". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
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