Hendersonida

Hendersonida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Munididae
Genus: Hendersonida
Cabezas & Macpherson, 2014
Species: Hendersonida granulata
Binomial name
Hendersonida granulata
(Henderson, 1885)

Hendersonida is a monotypic genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. Its only member is H. granulata.[1] The genus name is in reference to John Robertson Henderson. Hendersonida is found off of the Philippines, Indonesia, Queensland, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Futuna Island, Vanuatu, Wallis Islands, and Bayonnaise Bank, at depths between about 395 and 650 metres (1,296 and 2,133 ft).[2]

References

  1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=767081
  2. Cabezas, Patricia; Macpherson, Enrique (2014). "A new species of Paramunida Baba, 1988 from the Central Pacific Ocean and a new genus to accommodate P. granulata (Henderson, 1885)". ZooKeys. 425: 15–32. doi:10.3897/zookeys.425.7882. ISSN 1313-2970.


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