Gandalfus
Appearance
Gandalfus | |
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Gandalfus yunohana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Bythograeidae |
Genus: | Gandalfus McLay, 2007 |
Gandalfus is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Bythograeidae.[1] Gandalfus species occur around hydrothermal vents.[2]
The species of this genus are found in the western Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species:[1]
- Gandalfus puia McLay, 2007
- Gandalfus yunohana (Takeda, Hashimoto & Ohta, 2000)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gandalfus McLay, 2007". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ McLay, Colin (2007-07-09). "New crabs from hydrothermal vents of the Kermadec Ridge submarine volcanoes, New Zealand: Gandalfus gen. nov. (Bythograeidae) and Xenograpsus (Varunidae) (Decapoda: Brachyura)". Zootaxa. 1524 (1). Magnolia Press: 1–22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1524.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.