Acanthacaris caeca
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Nephropidae |
| Genus: | Acanthacaris |
| Species: | A. caeca
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| Acanthacaris caeca Milne-Edwards, 1881[1]
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Acanthacaris caeca is a species of deep-water lobster.[2][1] It was originally described under the name Phoberus caecus by Alphonse Milne-Edwards.[1][3] Lacking eyes, A. caeca is blind.[4]
Habitat
[edit]Acanthacaris caeca are found in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico.[3][5][6] They are generally found in burrows between 550 and 825 m (1,800 and 2,710 ft), but they can be found as deep as 880 m (2,890 ft) and as shallow as 290 m (950 ft).[3] They burrow exclusively in muddy environments, and the burrows are 10 to 20 cm (4 to 8 in) deep.[7]
See also
[edit]- Acanthacaris tenuimana, the only other species in Acanthacaris
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Milne-Edwards, Alphonse (1881). "Description de Quelques Crustacés Macroures Provenant des Grandes Profondeurs de la Mer des Antilles". Annales des Sciences Naturelles (in French). 11 (6): 1–16.
- ^ Felder, Darryl L.; Álvarez, Fernando; Goy, Joseph W.; Lemaitre, Rafael. "Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea". In Felder, Darryl L.; Camp, David K. (eds.). Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota (PDF). Vol. I, Biodiversity. pp. 1019–1104. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2023 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
- ^ a b c Holthuis, Lipke B. (December 1974). "Biological Results of the University of Miami Deep-Sea Expeditions. 106. The Lobsters of the Superfamily Nephropidea of the Atlantic Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 24 (4): 723–884.
- ^ Wahle, Richard A.; Tshudy, Dale; Cobb, J. Stanley; Factor, Jan; Mahima, Jaini (20 March 2012). "Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 p.p.: the marine clawed lobsters". In Schram, Frederick; von Vaupel Klein, Carel (eds.). The Crustacea. Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. Vol. 9B. Brill. pp. 59–60. doi:10.1163/9789047430179_003. ISBN 978-90-04-17673-7.
The absence of eyes in the deepwater Acanthacaris caeca (A. Milne-Edwards, 1881) suggests either a more cryptic existence, or a greater dependence on the other sensory modes.
- ^ Silva, K. C. A.; Cruz, R.; Cintra, I. H. A.; Abrunhosa, F. A. (January 2013). "Structure and diversity of the lobster community on the Amazon continental shelf". Crustaceana. 86 (9): 1084–1102. doi:10.1163/15685403-00003227. S2CID 85075976.
- ^ Briones-Fourzán, P.; Lozano-Álvarez, E.; Vázquez-Bader, A.R.; Gracia, A. (2020). "Deep-Sea Lobsters (Polychelidae and Nephropidae) from the Continental Slope of the Southern Gulf of Mexico: Distribution and Morphometric Relationships". In Hendrickx, Michel E. (ed.). Deep-Sea Pycnogonids and Crustaceans of the Americas. Springer Nature. pp. 311–341. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58410-8_13. ISBN 978-3-030-58409-2.
- ^ Correa, Thiago B.S.; Eberli, Gregor P.; Grasmueck, Mark; Reed, John K.; Correa, Adrienne M.S. (October 2012). "Genesis and morphology of cold-water coral ridges in a unidirectional current regime". Marine Geology. 326–328: 14–27. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2012.06.008.
External links
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