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Chaceon quinquedens, commonly known as the red deep-sea crab, [2] but sold as Atlantic deep sea red crab, or simply Atlantic red crab or red crab, is a crab that lives in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States and Canada, from North Carolina to Nova Scotia, [3] [4] and in the Gulf of Mexico.
Gordonopsis is a genus of deep sea crabs in the family Homolidae. [2] The Homolidae are also known as carrier crabs [3] or porter crabs [4] for their fifth pereiopods (last pair of walking legs), which they use to hold objects in place over the rear half of the carapace in a possible defence mechanism against predators. [5]
Marine larval ecology is the study of the factors influencing dispersing larvae, which many marine invertebrates and fishes have. Marine animals with a larva typically release many larvae into the water column, where the larvae develop before metamorphosing into adults.
About 10 billion snow crabs disappeared from the Bering Sea between 2018 and 2021. A recent study concluded that warmer water temperatures helped drive the crabs to starvation.
Paralomis manningi, known as the deep-sea spider crab, [2] is a species of king crab. [1] It has been found in the San Clemente Basin off the coast of Southern California at a depth of 1,922 m (6,306 ft) and off the coast of Oregon at a depth of 1,132 m (3,714 ft). [1] [2] It was originally associated only with a single deep-sea whale fall ...
For the deep-sea ecosystem, the death of a whale is the most important event. A dead whale can bring hundreds of tons of organic matter to the bottom. Whale fall community progresses through three stages: [32] Mobile scavenger stage: Big and mobile deep-sea animals arrive at the site almost immediately after whales fall on the bottom.
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Gordonopsis mazupo is a large homolid crab, with the holotype male measuring 33.4 mm in carapace width. [1] [3] The carapace is ovate in shape, distinctly wider posteriorly than anteriorly, with an inflated and prominently convex dorsal surface. The rostrum is relatively short and triangular, flanked by two longer pseudorostral spines.