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Caprella bathytatos

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Caprella bathytatos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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

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  1. ^ Jim Lowry (2010). Lowry J (ed.). "Caprella bathytatos Martin & Pettit, 1998". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  2. ^ 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.