Description
A squat lobster up to 10 cm with abdomen extended. Abdomen usually held under the thorax. Orange to reddish brown in colour with darker transverse striations on the carapace and abdomen. The tips and spines on the claws are white.Also known as plated lobster and squat lobster.
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Munida rugosa Fabricius 1775
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©1998-2011, The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
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Editor: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters
Author: Angus Jackson
Angus Jackson 2008. Munida rugosa. Rugose squat lobster. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 26/01/2011]. Available from:
