''Heteronida'' is a genus 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 ...

s 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 ...

. They occur in the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are four recognized species: * '' Heteronida aspinirostris'' (Khodkina, 1981) * ''

Heteronida barunae ''Heteronida barunae'' is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. It is named for the research vessel ''Baruna Jaya I''. The males usually measure between . It is found off Indonesia and the Kei Islands The Kai Islands (also Ke ...

'' Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996 * '' Heteronida ceres'' Macpherson, Rodriguez-Flores & Machordom, 2023 * '' Heteronida clivicola'' Macpherson & Baba, 2006

References

Squat lobsters Decapod genera Taxa named by Michèle de Saint Laurent {{Squat-lobster-stub