Torbenella insolita

Torbenella insolita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Munididae
Genus: Torbenella
Species:
T. insolita
Binomial name
Torbenella insolita
(Macpherson, 2004)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agononida insolita Macpherson, 2004
  • Torbenia insolita (Macpherson, 2004)

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

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

  1. ^ Measured from the base of the rostrum to the posterior margin of the carapace.

References

  1. ^ a b "Torbenella insolita (Macpherson, 2004)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  2. ^ 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.


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