Identification Resources
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Delta keys for squat lobsters, including Babamunida javieri are available at http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/squatlobster/delta/deltakey.htm
Distribution
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New Caledonia, Chesterfield Islands, Matthew and Hunter Islands, between 280 and 440 m.
Brief Summary
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Type data: holotype, male, MNHN Ga 2740. Type Locality: New Caledonia, 24°45.7´S, 168°08.4´E, 320 m.
Comprehensive Description
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Ground colour of carapace and abdominal segments yellow; purple spots on epigastric and mesogastric regions; purple band along cervical groove, lateral margins of branchial regions and posterior border of carapace. Rostrum and supraocular spines orange. Spines on carapace surface reddish. Chelipeds orange, with whitish spots; distal half of fingers whitish; one red spot on hand near base of movable finger. Walking legs whitish.
Diagnostic Description
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Dorsal surface of carapace with row of epigastric spines and one parahepatic spine, with moderately dense striae; anterolateral spine not reaching the level of the sinus between rostral and supraocular spines. Antennular basal article with distomesial spine as long as distolateral spine. Fourth sternite contiguous with entire posterior margin of third sternite. Cheliped fingers less than 2 times as long as palm. Pereopods 2-4 propodi extensor margin without spines.
Babamunida javieri
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Babamunida javieri is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae.[1][2][3] It is found off of New Caledonia, the Chesterfield Islands, and the Matthew and Hunter Islands, at depths between about 280 and 440 metres (920 and 1,440 ft).[4]
References
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^ a b "Babamunida javieri (Macpherson, 1994)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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^ "Babamunida javieri (Macpherson, 1994)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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^ Machordom, Annie; Ahyong, Shane T.; Andreakis, Nikos; Baba, Keiji; Buckley, David; García-Jiménez, Ricardo; McCallum, Anna W.; Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C. & Macpherson, Enrique (2022). "Deconstructing the crustacean squat lobster genus Munida to reconstruct the evolutionary history and systematics of the family Munididae (Decapoda, Anomura, Galatheoidea)". Invertebrate Systematics. 36 (10): 926–970. doi:10.1071/IS22013. hdl:10261/280688. S2CID 252812564.
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^ "Babamunida javieri - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
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Babamunida javieri: Brief Summary
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Babamunida javieri is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. It is found off of New Caledonia, the Chesterfield Islands, and the Matthew and Hunter Islands, at depths between about 280 and 440 metres (920 and 1,440 ft).
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Depth range
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280-440 m
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Distribution
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New Caledonia, Matthew & Hunter Islands, and Chesterfield Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu
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Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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