Overview
Distribution
Mid Atlantic Bight
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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Australia, Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Luderitz, New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, North Atlantic, North West Atlantic, Tripp seamount
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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Kensley, B. (1980) Decapod and isopod crustaceans from the west coast of southern Africa, including seamounts Vema and Tripp. Annals of the South African Museum 83 (2): 13-32.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=46045
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Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145245
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Physical Description
Type Information
Lectotype; Syntype for Eumunida picta Smith, 1883
Catalog Number: USNM 7304
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Sex/Stage: male;
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Year Collected: 1881
Locality: off the cape south of Delaware, United States, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 237.7 to 237.7
Vessel: Fish Hawk R/V
Catalog Number: USNM 7304
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Sex/Stage: male;
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Year Collected: 1881
Locality: off the cape south of Delaware, United States, North Atlantic Ocean
Depth (m): 237.7 to 237.7
Vessel: Fish Hawk R/V
- Lectotype: de Saint Laurent, M. & Macpherson, E. Les esp?ces atlantiques du genre Eumunida Smith, 1883 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Chirostylidae). J. Nat. Hist. 24; Smith, S. I. Preliminary report on the Brachyura and Anomura dredged in deep water off the south coast of New England by the United States Fish Commission in 1880, 1881, and 1882. Proc. U.S.N.M. 6; Syntype: de Saint Laurent, M. & Macpherson, E. Les esp?ces atlantiques du genre Eumunida Smith, 1883 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Chirostylidae). J. Nat. Hist. 24; Smith, S. I. Preliminary report on the Brachyura and Anomura dredged in deep water off the south coast of New England by the United States Fish Commission in 1880, 1881, and 1882. Proc. U.S.N.M. 6
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Ecology
Habitat
Known from seamounts and knolls
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Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145453
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Depth range based on 22 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 15 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 82.5 - 25000
Temperature range (°C): 4.250 - 15.899
Nitrate (umol/L): 8.913 - 29.021
Salinity (PPS): 34.909 - 36.106
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.846 - 5.035
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.695 - 1.891
Silicate (umol/l): 5.938 - 26.227
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 82.5 - 25000
Temperature range (°C): 4.250 - 15.899
Nitrate (umol/L): 8.913 - 29.021
Salinity (PPS): 34.909 - 36.106
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.846 - 5.035
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.695 - 1.891
Silicate (umol/l): 5.938 - 26.227
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 15 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 82.5 - 25000
Temperature range (°C): 4.250 - 15.899
Nitrate (umol/L): 8.913 - 29.021
Salinity (PPS): 34.909 - 36.106
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.846 - 5.035
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.695 - 1.891
Silicate (umol/l): 5.938 - 26.227
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 82.5 - 25000
Temperature range (°C): 4.250 - 15.899
Nitrate (umol/L): 8.913 - 29.021
Salinity (PPS): 34.909 - 36.106
Oxygen (ml/l): 2.846 - 5.035
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.695 - 1.891
Silicate (umol/l): 5.938 - 26.227
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Eumunida picta
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

There are 3 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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There are 3 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
ACATTATATTTTATTTTTGGTGCTTGAGCTGGAATAGTAGGAACTTCTTTA---AGATTAGTTATTCGAGCAGAATTAGGTCAACCGGGAAGATTAATTGGAGAT---GATCAAATTTATAACGTGGTAGTCACTGCCCATGCTTTTGTTATAATTTTCTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGTGCCTTTAATA---TTAGGTGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGACTTTTACCCCCATCACTAACTCTTTTACTTATAAGAGGAATAGTAGAAAGTGGTGTAGGAACCGGATGAACAGTTTACCCTCCATTATCAGCTGCAATTGCTCATGCAGGTGCTTCTGTAGATCTTGGA---ATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAGTTTCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCTGTTAATTTTATAACTACTGTAATTAATATACGTCCTCAAGGAATAACAATGGATCGTATGCCATTATTTGTTTGAGCAGTATTTATTACCGCTATTCTCCTTTTACTTTCTTTACCTGTATTAGCAGGG---GCAATTACTATATTACTAACTGACCGAAATTTAAATACTTCTTTTTTTGACCCTGCCGGAGGAGGGGACCCTGTCTTATACCAACATTTA------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TTC
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Eumunida picta
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 6
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 6
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Wikipedia
Eumunida picta
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.[2] It occurs abundantly in the western Atlantic Ocean,[3] where it is found from Massachusetts to Colombia.[4]
References
- ^ "Eumunida picta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=98144. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
- ^ Morgan J. Kilgour & Thomas C. Shirley (2008). "Eumunida picta S. I. Smith, 1883, and Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758): a relationship or just good friends?". Crustaceana 81 (5): 587–593. doi:10.1163/156854008784092166.
- ^ Ken Sulak (August 1, 2004). "Squat lobster Eumunida picta". United States Geological Survey. http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/97.
- ^ Keiji Baba, Enrique Macpherson, Gary C. B. Poore, Shane T. Ahyong, Adriana Bermudez, Patricia Cabezas, Chia-Wei Lin, Martha Nizinski, Celso Rodrigues & Kareen E. Schnabel (2008). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura – families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa 1905: 1–220.
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