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Channel Squat Lobster

Grimothea gregaria

Classification

Family
Munididae

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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Chile · 79Argentina · 28Uruguay · 3United Kingdom · 2