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Raymunida insulata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Munididae
Genus:	Raymunida
Species:	R. insulata
Binomial name
Raymunida insulata Macpherson & Machordom, 2001

Raymunida insulata is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae from the Pacific and Indian oceans. The species can be distinguished by its morphology (subtle morphological characteristics, such as length of the mesial spine on the basal antennal segment, the length of its walking legs, and color pattern) and its mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequences.

References

1. Macpherson, E.; Machordom, A. (2001). "Phylogenetic Relationships of Species of Raymunida (Decapoda: Galatheidae) Based on Morphology and Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Sequences, with the Recognition of Four New Species" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 21 (3): 696–714. doi:10.1163/20021975-99990168. ISSN 0278-0372.

Further reading

• Lin, Chia-Wei, Tin-Yam Chan, and Ka Hou Chu. "A new squat lobster of the genus Raymunida (Decapoda: Galatheidae) from Taiwan." Journal of Crustacean Biology 24.1 (2004): 149-156.
• Osawa, Masayuki. "The identity of Raymunida elegantissima (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) and description of a closely related new species from Japan." Species Diversity 10 (2005): 85-104.
• Osawa, Masayuki, and Mohsen Safaie. "Two squat lobster species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Persian Gulf, with description of a new species of Raymunida Macpherson & Machordom, 2000." Zootaxa 3861.3 (2014): 265-274.

External links

• "Raymunida insulata". The Encyclopedia of Life.

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