| Plesionida | |
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| Plesionida concava | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Munididae |
| Genus: | Plesionida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996 |
| Type species | |
| Plesionida psila Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996 | |
Plesionida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. As of 2017[update], it contains the following species:
- Plesionida aliena (Macpherson, 1996) — New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga, 445–545 m (1,460–1,788 ft).
- Plesionida aurelia Ahyong, Taylor & McCallum, 2013 — Northwestern Australia, 393–451 m (1,289–1,480 ft).
- Plesionida concava Cabezas, Macpherson & Machordom, 2009 — Solomon Islands, 399–427 m (1,309–1,401 ft).
- Plesionida psila Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996 — New Caledonia, 590–613 m (1,936–2,011 ft).
The generic name is a combination of the Greek plesios, meaning "near" and the final syllables of Munida. Its gender is feminine.
