Munidopsis andamanica

Munidopsis andamanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Galatheidae
Genus: Munidopsis
Species: M. andamanica
Binomial name
Munidopsis andamanica
MacGilchrist, 1905 [1][2]

Munidopsis andamanica is a species of squat lobster that lives in the deep sea and eats dead wood.[3][4] It has long chelipeds (claw-bearing legs), which are twice as long as the carapace.[4]

References

  1. ^ Keiji Baba, Enrique Macpherson, Gary C. B. Poore, Shane T. Ahyong, Adriana Bermudez, Patricia Cabezas, Chia-Wei Lin, Martha Nizinski, Celso Rodrigues & Kareen E. Schnabel (2008). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura – families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)". Zootaxa 1905: 1–220. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01905p220.pdf. 
  2. ^ Enrique Macpherson (2010). "Munidopsis andamanica MacGilchrist, 1905". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392478. Retrieved June 7, 2011. 
  3. ^ Matt Walker (11 November 2009). "The deep-sea crab that eats trees". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8353000/8353068.stm. Retrieved 16 November 2010. 
  4. ^ a b Caroline Hoyoux, Magali Zbinden, Sarah Samadi, Françoise Gaill & Philippe Compère (2009). "Wood-based diet and gut microflora of a galatheid crab associated with Pacific deep-sea wood falls". Marine Biology 156 (12): 2421–2439. doi:10.1007/s00227-009-1266-2.