Thermobiotes mytilogeiton

Thermobiotes mytilogeiton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Thermobiotes
Geistdoerfer, 1991
Species: T. mytilogeiton
Binomial name
Thermobiotes mytilogeiton
Geistdoerfer, 1991

Thermobiotes mytilogeiton is a species of deep-water eel in the family Synaphobranchidae. It is the only member of its genus. It is so far known only from the Vai Lili hydrothermal vent area in the western central Pacific Ocean at a depth of 1750 meters.

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