Vulcanocalliax

Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi is a species of Thalassinidea (a ghost shrimp or mud lobster) found on a mud volcano in the Gulf of Cádiz between Spain and Morocco.[2] It was discovered during the Census of Marine Life, and is so distinct from its closest relatives that it has been placed in a new subfamily, the Vulcanocallianacinae. The species is unusually large for a ghost shrimp, but despite that appears to brood only a single embryo.[3] The species is named after the volcano on which it was discovered, Captain Arutyunov.[1]

Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Callianassidae
Subfamily:
Vulcanocalliacinae

Dworschak & Cunha, 2007 [1]
Genus:
Vulcanocalliax

Dworschak & Cunha, 2007 [1]
Species:
V. arutyunovi
Binomial name
Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi
Dworschak & Cunha, 2007 [1]

References
  1. Peter C. Dworschak & Marina R. Cunha (2007). "A new subfamily, Vulcanocalliacinae n. subfam., for Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi n. gen., n. sp. from a mud volcano in the Gulf of Cádiz (Crustacea, Decapoda, Callianassidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1460: 35–46.
  2. "Discovery of a new species of ghost shrimp in the Gulf of Cadiz in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean". Census of Marine Life. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
  3. "Two new species discovered in the deep Gulf of Cadiz". Census of Marine Life, Continental Margin Ecosystems. Retrieved February 16, 2009.


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