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]
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| Subfamily: | Vulcanocalliacinae Dworschak & Cunha, 2007 [1]
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| Genus: | Vulcanocalliax Dworschak & Cunha, 2007 [1]
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| Species: | V. arutyunovi
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References
edit- ^ a b c d 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1460.1.3. hdl:10773/6565.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Dworschak, Peter C.; Cunha, Marina R. (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)". Zootaxa. 1460: 35–46. doi:10.5281/zenodo.176412.
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