''Grimothea johni'' is a species of
squat lobster
Squat lobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are found in the two superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, which form part of the decapod infraorder Anomura, alongs ...
in the family
Munididae
Munididae is a family of squat lobsters, taxonomically separated from the family Galatheidae in 2010.
Description and ecology
The squat lobsters in the family Munididae can be distinguished from other families by the presence of a trispinose f ...
. It is found in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Chile.
It is known to be host to the parasite ''
Bathione humboldtensis''.
References
Squat lobsters
Crustaceans described in 1903
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