Scolonida gracilis is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae.[2][3][4]

Scolonida gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Munididae
Genus: Scolonida
Species:
S. gracilis
Binomial name
Scolonida gracilis
(Henderson, 1885)
Synonyms[2]
  • Munida chydaea Ahyong & Poore [sv], 2004[1]
  • Munida disgrega Baba, 2005
  • Munida gracilis Henderson, 1885

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).[5] It is also found in the waters around New Zealand.[3]

In 2021, Munida chydaea was synonymised with Munida gracilis.[6] The specific name chydaea was derived from the Greek χυδαῖος (khudaîos), "abundant", in reference to how numerous the species is.[5]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Scolonida gracilis (Henderson, 1885)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Scolonida gracilis (Henderson, 1885)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "Munida chydaea - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Archived from the original on 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  6. ^ 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]