Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa
Aegloidea
†Eocarcinoidea
Hippoidea
Lithodoidea
Lomisoidea
Paguroidea
Squat lobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are found in the two superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, which form part of the decapod infraorder Anomura, alongside groups including the hermit crabs and mole crabs. They are distributed worldwide in the oceans, and occur from near the surface to deep sea hydrothermal vents, with one species occupying caves above sea level. More than 900 species have been described, in around 60 genera. Some species form dense aggregations, either on the sea floor or in the water column, and a small number are commercially fished.
Squatlobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are found in the two superfamilies...
restaurant trade to refer to the meat of the squatlobster, which is neither a true lobster nor a prawn. Squatlobsters are more closely related to porcelain...
of squatlobster: The blind lobster Munidopsis polymorpha, a yellow-white and blind crustacean that is hardly one centimeter in length. These squat lobsters...
x. Gary Poore (2004). "Anomura – hermit crabs, porcelain crabs and squatlobsters". Marine Decapod Crustacea of Southern Australia: a Guide to Identification...
to spiny lobsters or slipper lobsters, which have no claws (chelae), or to squatlobsters. The most similar living relatives of clawed lobsters are the...
"furry lobster" outside the scientific literature, Kiwa hirsuta is a squatlobster, more closely related to crabs and hermit crabs than true lobsters. The...
more closely related to squatlobsters and porcelain crabs than they are to true crabs (Brachyura). Together with the squatlobsters and porcelain crabs,...
than 15 millimetres (9⁄16 inch). They share the general body plan of a squatlobster, but their bodies are more compact and flattened, an adaptation for...
quinquedens, also known as the "deep-sea red crab" Pleuroncodes planipes, a squatlobster also known as the "pelagic red crab" Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister)...
known as the pelagic red crab, red crab, or tuna crab, is a species of squatlobster from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Grimothea planipes is a bright red animal...
Munidopsis polymorpha is a species of squatlobster (also known as the blind albino cave crab) that is endemic to Lanzarote, Canary Islands. They are...
3,000 species) and Anomura including hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, squatlobsters (about 2500 species) making up the bulk of the remainder. The earliest...
elegans (known as the feather star squatlobster, crinoid squatlobster or elegant squatlobster) is a species of squatlobster that is sometimes kept in marine...
appearance: Late Cenozoic Porcelain crabs, which are closely related to squatlobsters First appearance: Late Jurassic The hairy stone crab (Lomis hirta) Hermit...
Chirostyloidea is an anomuran superfamily with squatlobster-like representatives. It comprises the three families Chirostylidae, Eumunididae and Kiwaidae...
Grimothea monodon, also known as the red squatlobster, is a species of squatlobster from the south-eastern Pacific Ocean, where it is the subject of...
Pseudomunida fragilis is a species of squatlobster in a monotypic genus in the family Eumunididae. Keiji Baba; Enrique Macpherson; Gary C. B. Poore;...
hairy squatlobster or the fairy crab, is a species of squatlobster in the family Galatheidae, genus Lauriea. Lauriea siagiani is a small squatlobster, up...
Galathea strigosa is a species of squatlobster in the family Galatheidae. It is found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, from the Nordkapp to the Canary...
is a species of "strange, blind crustacean" resembling a prawn or a squatlobster. It has a cosmopolitan distribution in deep water, being found on both...
Grimothea johni is a species of squatlobster in the family Munididae. It is found in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Chile. It is known to be host...
Eumunida is a genus of squatlobsters. There are 29 recognised species in the genus, the majority of which are from the Pacific Ocean: Eumunida ampliata...
Chirostylus is a genus of squatlobsters in the family Chirostylidae, containing the following species: Chirostylus dolichopus Ortmann, 1892 Chirostylus...
Raymunida is a genus of squatlobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following 11 species: Raymunida bellior (Miyake & Baba, 1967) Raymunida...
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