Caprella bathytatos
| Caprella bathytatos | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Caprellidae |
| Genus: | Caprella |
| Species: | C. bathytatos |
| Binomial name | |
| Caprella bathytatos Martin & Pettit, 1998 | |
Caprella bathytatos is a species of skeleton shrimp in the genus Caprella.[1] It was described in 1998 by Joel W. Martin and Gary Pettit, who discovered it living on the mouthparts of the crab Macroregonia macrochira near hydrothermal vents in British Columbia.[2]
References
- ↑ Jim Lowry (2010). J. Lowry, ed. "Caprella bathytatos Martin & Pettit, 1998". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
- ↑ Joel W. Martin & Gary Pettit (1998). "Caprella bathytatos new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Caprellidae), from the mouthparts of the crab Macroregonia macrochira Sakai (Brachyura, Majidae) in the vicinity of deep-sea hydrothermal vents off British Columbia". Bulletin of Marine Science 63 (1): 189–198.