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Know the lobster named after Nelson Mandela

New Delhi: A new species of lobster (Squat lobsters) discovered in a relatively unexplored area of the Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge, off the coast of South Africa, in 2011 has been named as Munidopsis mandelai




They are more closely related to the hermit crab than lobsters. More than 900 species have been described, in around 60 genera.

The body of a squat lobster may be divided into two main regions: the cephalothorax (itself made up of the cephalon, or head, and the thorax), and the pleon or abdomen.

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