Dactylonida

Dactylonida is a small genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae.^[1][2][3] It was erected in 2022 to accommodate two species formerly placed in Munida, one of them (Dactylonida curvimana) from the East Atlantic and the other (Dactylonida mexicana) from the Central-Eastern Pacific.^[3]

Dactylonida
Dactylonida curvimana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Munididae
Genus:	Dactylonida Macpherson & Baba, 2022
Type species
Munida curvimana A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1894

The genus Dactylonida name combines the Greek daktylos (=finger) and the genus name, Munida, and refers to the very long fingers on the chelipeds characteristic for the genus.^[3]

Species

There are two recognized species:^[1]

• Dactylonida curvimana (A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1894)
• Dactylonida mexicana (Benedict, 1902)