Plesionida
Sign in to savePlesionida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. , it contains the following species: Plesionida aliena (Macpherson, 1996) — New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga, . Plesionida aurelia — Northwestern Australia, . Plesionida concava — Solomon Islands, . Plesionida psila Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996 — New Caledonia, .
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyMunididae
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Plesionida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. , it contains the following species: Plesionida aliena (Macpherson, 1996) — New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga, . Plesionida aurelia — Northwestern Australia, . Plesionida concava — Solomon Islands, . Plesionida psila Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996 — New Caledonia, .
The generic name is a combination of the Greek plesios, meaning "near" and the final syllables of Munida. Its gender is feminine.