Grimothea monodon

Grimothea monodon
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Munididae
Genus: Grimothea
Species:
G. monodon
Binomial name
Grimothea monodon
Synonyms 
List
  • Galathea monodon H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
  • Grimothea duperreii H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
  • Munida cokeri Rathbun, 1910
  • Pleuroncodes monodon (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)

Grimothea monodon, also known as the red squat lobster, is a species of squat lobster from the south-eastern Pacific Ocean, where it is the subject of commercial fishery alongside the species Grimothea johni.