Eumunida picta
| Eumunida picta | |
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| Class: | Malacostraca |
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| Family: | Eumunididae |
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| Species: | E. picta |
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| Eumunida picta S. I. Smith, 1883 | |
Eumunida picta is a species of squat lobster found in the deep sea. The species is strongly associated with reefs of Lophelia pertusa, a deep-water coral, and with methane seeps. It is abundant in the western Atlantic Ocean, where it is found from Massachusetts to Colombia.
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