#squatlobsters — Public Fediverse posts
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Munidopsis sedna: Integrative Taxonomy reveals A #NewSpecies of #DeepSea Squat Lobster https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/09/munidopsis.html
Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of deep-sea #SquatLobsters from #ColdSeeps in the Gulf of Mexico https://zse.pensoft.net/article/127169/
"Munidopsis #sedna is the 1st species of squat lobster considered to be #endemic to #ColdSeep habitats in the Gulf of Mexico & the Atlantic... The new squat lobster can be extremely abundant, occurring at densities on the order of tens per sq meter."
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#SquatLobsters Guide Scientists To New #Hydrothermal Vent Field https://schmidtocean.org/squat-lobsters-guide-scientists-to-new-hydrothermal-vent-field/
"Scientists have discovered a new #HydrothermalVent field... when a Galatheid #crab, also known as a #SquatLobster, came into view. The number of #crabs grew until the #scientists finally arrived on the vent field and were excited to find giant #TubeWorms nestled around the hot water. The Ecuadorian observers onboard the vessel named the vent field Sendero del Cangrejo: Trail of the Crabs.”