Biology:Caprella bathytatos

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Short description: Species of crustacean

Caprella bathytatos
Caprella bathytatos.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
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

Wikidata ☰ Q3933997 entry