Leptonida
| Leptonida | |
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| Leptonida delicata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Munididae |
| Genus: | Leptonida Macpherson & Baba, 2022 |
| Type species | |
| Munida delicata Macpherson, 2004
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Leptonida is a small genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae.[1][2][3] It was erected in 2022 to accommodate Munida delicata, now Leptonida delicata, in a major revision of the genus Munida.[3] At the time, it was monotypic,[3] but the World Register of Marine Species lists another species[1] not mentioned in the 2022 revision. Leptonida delicata occurs in south-western Pacific Ocean.[3]
The genus Leptonida name combines the Greek leptos (=thin) and the genus name, Munida, and refers to the thin carapace that characterize the genus.[3]
Species[edit]
There are two recognized species:[1]
- Leptonida delicata (Macpherson, 2004)
- Leptonida vigiliarum (Alcock, 1901)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Leptonida Macpherson & Baba in Machordom, Ahyong, Andreakis, Baba, Buckley, Garcia-Jimenez, McCallum, Rodriguez-Flores & Macpherson, 2022". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "Leptonida Macpherson & Baba, 2022". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Machordom, Annie; Ahyong, Shane T.; Andreakis, Nikos; Baba, Keiji; Buckley, David; García-Jiménez, Ricardo; McCallum, Anna W.; Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C. & Macpherson, Enrique (2022). "Deconstructing the crustacean squat lobster genus Munida to reconstruct the evolutionary history and systematics of the family Munididae (Decapoda, Anomura, Galatheoidea)". Invertebrate Systematics. 36 (10): 926–970. doi:10.1071/IS22013. hdl:10261/280688. S2CID 252812564.
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