Squat Lobsters

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Yeti Crab: This new family of crab was discovered off the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge in the South Pacific OceanYeti Crab: This new family of crab was discovered off the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge in the South Pacific Ocean (37°46.50'S, 110°54.70'W). It was named Kiwa hirsuta kiwa, after the goddess of shellfish in Polynesian mythology, but has become known as the "yeti crab" because of its hairy appearance. The crab was collected by slurp gun from the Alvin submersible at 2228 M water depth. Reference: Macpherson E., Jones J. & M. Segonzac, 2005. A new Squat lobster family of Galatheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from the hydrothermal vents of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge. Zoosystema 27(4): 709-723.

Porcellana sayana. Petrollisthes armatus; Petrolisthes sexspinosus

Munidopsis crassa. Dorsal view of the female (8563), from station 2224

Last larval stage of the common porcelain crab (Porcellana longicornis).

Diptychus nitidus, d'apres Milne-Edwards et Bouvier.

Munida rugosa. British.

Porcellana ceccinea.

Figure 1.Paramunida haigae sp. n. male holotype, 16.6 mm (LACM–CR1973-3312). Christmas (Kiritimati) Island. A carapace and abdomen, dorsal view B carapace, lateral profile C sternum D left antennule and antenna, ventral view E right maxilliped 3, lateral view. Scale: 5 mm (scale 1 for A–C, E; scale 2 for D).

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Common porcelain crab (Porcellana longicornis)..., and one of the third maxillipeds detached and further enlarged to show the fringe of long hairs.

First larval stage of Munida rugosa.

Porcellana ceccinea.

Figure 2.Paramunida haigae sp. n. male holotype, 16.6 mm (LACM–CR1973-3312). Christmas (Kiritimati) Island. A left merus P1, dorsal view B left carpus P1, dorsal view C left P1, palm and fingers, dorsal view D right P3, lateral view E right P3 dactylus F male paratype, 11.5 mm (LACM–CR1973-3313), right P2, lateral view. G left P4, lateral view. Scale: 5 mm (scale 1 for A–C, D, G; scale 2 for F; scale 3 for E).

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Galathodes antonii, A. Milne Edwards. Crustace aveugle peche a 4100 metres de profondeur

Explorations sous-marines du Talisman.--Ptychogaster formosus (A. M.-Edw.), peche a 950 metres de profondeur.

Figure 3.Dorsal surface of the carapace, dorsal view. A Paramunida haigae sp. n., NOAA Townsend Cromwell Cruise, holotype, male 16.6 mm. B Hendersonida granulata, BATHUS 2, Stn CP735, female, 13.7 mm.

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Explorations sous-marines du Talisman. -- Galathodes Antonii (A. M.-Eds.), crustace aveugle, peche a 4,100 metres de profondeur.