Channel Squat Lobster
Grimothea gregaria
Classification
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Munididae
Munida gregaria est une espèce de crustacé décapode de la famille des Galatheidae.
Munida gregaria, commonly known as the gregarious squat lobster, is a species of squat lobster found along the eastern seaboard of the South Island of New Zealand, around the southern coast of Tasmania and in a few locations around the southern parts of South America and Tierra del Fuego. Taxonomy and nomenclature The species was first described from Patagonia by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. A study of population samples from New Zealand and from the Tierra del Fuego region indicate they are the same species, despite the large distance and deep ocean between these locations.
La langosta gregaria (Munida gregaria), también denominada bogavante o langostino de los canales, es una especie de crustáceo decápodo integrante del género Munida. Habita en ambientes marinos de ambos océanos que rodean la parte sur del Cono Sur en el sur de América del Sur. Distribución y hábitat Habita en profundidades de entre 10 y 120 m, en aguas marinas de plataforma, de origen subantártico.
Distribution
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