Torbenella is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae.[1][2][3] They occur in the western Pacific Ocean.[3]

Torbenella
Torbenella calvata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Munididae
Genus: Torbenella
Baba, 2008
Synonyms

Torbenia Baba, 2005

Species

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There are seven recognized species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Torbenella Baba, 2008". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. ^ Shane T. Ahyong; Keiji Baba; Enrique Macpherson & Gary C. B. Poore (2010). "A new classification of the Galatheoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2676: 57–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2676.1.4.
  3. ^ a b Macpherson, Enrique; Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C. & Machordom, Annie (2023). "Integrative approach to describe new species of squat lobsters of the genera Heteronida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996 and Torbenella Baba, 2008 (Decapoda, Munididae) from the Southwestern Pacific Ocean". European Journal of Taxonomy (860): 116–140. doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.860.2055. hdl:10261/306408.