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Agononida incerta

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Agononida incerta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Munididae
Genus: Agononida
Species:
A. incerta
Binomial name
Agononida incerta
(Henderson, 1888)

Agononida incerta is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae.[1] It is found from Taiwan and the Philippines to southern Western Australia, ranging from 280 to 460 metres (920 to 1,510 ft) in depth. The males usually measure from 7 to 38 millimetres (0.28 to 1.50 in) and the females from 7.5 to 21 millimetres (0.30 to 0.83 in).[2] It forms a species complex with A. africerta, A. auscerta, A. indocerta, A. norfocerta,[3] A. madagascerta, A. polycerta, A. tasmancerta, A. vanuacerta,[4] and A. rubrizonata.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Agononida incerta (Henderson, 1888)". www.marinespecies.org.
  2. ^ "Agononida incerta - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
  3. ^ a b Poore, Gary; Andreakis, Nikos (2012). "The Agononida incerta species complex unravelled (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Munididae)". Zootaxa. 3429: 1–29.
  4. ^ Poore, Gary C. B.; Andreakis, Nikos (2014). "More species of the Agononida incerta complex revealed by molecules and morphology (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Munididae)". Zootaxa. 3860 (3): 201–225. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3860.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334.