Kingdom Animalia Class Malacostraca Family Eumunididae Scientific name Eumunida picta Rank Species | Subphylum Crustacea Infraorder Anomura Genus Eumunida Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda | |
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Similar Crustacean, Decapoda, Anomura, Munidopsis serricornis, Bathyal swimming crab | ||
Eumunida picta is a species of squat lobster. The species is strongly associated with reefs of Lophelia pertusa, a deep-water coral, and with methane seeps. It occurs abundantly in the western Atlantic Ocean, where it is found from Massachusetts to Colombia.
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