Biology:Caprella bathytatos
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Short description: Species of crustacean
| Caprella bathytatos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Caprellidae |
| Genus: | Caprella |
| Species: | C. bathytatos
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| Binomial name | |
| Caprella bathytatos Martin & Pettit, 1998
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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). "Caprella bathytatos Martin & Pettit, 1998". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430797.
- ↑ 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. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1998/00000063/00000001/art00015.
Wikidata ☰ Q3933997 entry
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