Torbenella insolita
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Munididae |
Genus: | Torbenella |
Species: | T. insolita
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Binomial name | |
Torbenella insolita (Macpherson, 2004)
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Torbenella insolita is a species of squat lobsters in the family Munididae.[1][2] It occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Tonga to Papua-New Guinea and New Caledonia at depths between 120–470 m (390–1,540 ft).[2]
Description
[edit]Males measure 5.8–9.5 mm (0.23–0.37 in) and females 4.1–8.1 mm (0.16–0.32 in) in postorbital carapace length.[a] The body and the appendages are whitish. The carapace has some yellowish bands on the gastric area and on the posterior and lateral margins.[2]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Torbenella insolita (Macpherson, 2004)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ a b c 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 (1): 116–140. doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.860.2055. hdl:10261/306408.