Acanthacaris caeca explained

Acanthacaris caeca is a species of deep-water lobster.^[1] It was originally described under the name Phoberus caecus by Alphonse Milne-Edwards.^[2] Lacking eyes, A. caeca is blind.^[3]

Habitat

Acanthacaris caeca are found in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico.^{[4] [5]} They are generally found in burrows between NaNabbr=onNaNabbr=on, but they can be found as deep as 880m (2,890feet) and as shallow as 290m (950feet). They burrow exclusively in muddy environments, and the burrows are NaNabbr=onNaNabbr=on deep.^[6]

See also

• Acanthacaris tenuimana, the only other species in Acanthacaris

Notes and References

1. Book: Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea. Felder. Darryl L.. Álvarez. Fernando. Goy. Joseph W.. Lemaitre. Rafael. Felder. Darryl L.. Camp. David K.. I, Biodiversity. 1019–1104. https://web.archive.org/web/20211006015350/https://research.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf. 6 October 2021. live. 27 August 2023. the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
2. 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) . . 24 . 4 . 723–884.
3. Book: Wahle, Richard A. . The Crustacea . Tshudy . Dale . Cobb . J. Stanley . Factor . Jan . Mahima . Jaini . 20 March 2012 . Brill . 978-90-04-17673-7 . Schram . Frederick . Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology . 9B . 59–60 . Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 p.p.: the marine clawed lobsters . 10.1163/9789047430179_003 . 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. . von Vaupel Klein . Carel.
4. 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 . . 86 . 9 . 1084–1102 . 10.1163/15685403-00003227 . 85075976.
5. Book: Briones-Fourzán, P. . Deep-Sea Pycnogonids and Crustaceans of the Americas . Lozano-Álvarez . E. . Vázquez-Bader . A.R. . Gracia . A. . Springer Nature . 2020 . 978-3-030-58409-2 . Hendrickx . Michel E. . 311–341 . Deep-Sea Lobsters (Polychelidae and Nephropidae) from the Continental Slope of the Southern Gulf of Mexico: Distribution and Morphometric Relationships . 10.1007/978-3-030-58410-8_13.
6. 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 . . 326–328 . 14–27 . 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.06.008.