Vulcanocalliax
| 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] | |
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]
References
- 1 2 3 4 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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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