Eumunida picta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Eumunididae |
Genus: | Eumunida |
Species: | E. picta |
Binomial name | |
Eumunida picta S. I. Smith, 1883 |
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.