Hydrothermal vent squat lobster
SKU 294352 Categories Deep-sea Invertebrates, Hydrothermal Vent Animals Tags blue, Comb jelly, Ctenophora, Cydippida, New Zealand, plankton, Pleurobranchiidae, Pleurochachia pileus, predator, sea gooseberry, tentacles, Tentaculata, transparent
| Image ID: | 29452 |
| Common Name: | Hydrothermal vent squat lobster |
| Scientific Name: | Munida gregaria |
| Description: | This squat lobster, Munidopsis, ‘stowed away’ on the submersible Alvin, after clambering in through a gap the submersible’s thin outer skin. |
| Location: | Hydrothermal Vents, Equatorial Pacific |
| Keywords: | Hydrothermal vent squat lobster, Munidopsis, white, Arthropoda, Crustacea, Malacostraca, Anomura, Galatheoidea, Galatheidae, abyss |
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