Bathyal swimming crab

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Bathyal swimming crab
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Polybiidae
Genus: Bathynectes
Species:
B. longispina
Binomial name
Bathynectes longispina
Stimpson, 1879
Synonyms   [1]

Geryon incertusMiers, 1886

The bathyal swimming crab, Bathynectes longispina, is a species of crab in the family Polybiidae. [2] [1]

This species lives on seamounts and knolls, [3] at depths as great as 600 metres (2,000 ft). It appears similar to other members of the portunid family, but has reduced swimming dactyls and long walking legs. As an adaptation to deep water, it has large eyes. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-06-08 via the National University of Singapore.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bathynectes Stimpson, 1871".
  3. Peter Davie (2010). "Bathynectes longispina Stimpson, 1871". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved March 6, 2011.
  4. Susan Thornton-DeVictor. "Transitions to the deep: adaptations in decapod crustaceans for life along the 31º30'N Atlantic transect". Estuary to the Abyss. Exploring Along the Latitude 31º30'N Transect. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . Retrieved March 6, 2011.