Vulcanocalliax Explained

Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi is a species of Thalassinidea (a ghost shrimp or mud lobster) found on a mud volcano in the Gulf of Cádiz between Spain and Morocco.^[1] It was discovered during the Census of Marine Life, and is so distinct from its closest relatives that it has been placed in a new subfamily, the Vulcanocallianacinae. The species is unusually large for a ghost shrimp, but despite that appears to brood only a single embryo.^[2] The species is named after the volcano on which it was discovered, Captain Arutyunov.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Discovery of a new species of ghost shrimp in the Gulf of Cadiz in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean . . February 16, 2009.
2. Web site: Two new species discovered in the deep Gulf of Cadiz . Census of Marine Life, Continental Margin Ecosystems . February 16, 2009.
3. A new subfamily, Vulcanocalliacinae n. Subfam., for Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi n. gen., n. sp. From a mud volcano in the Gulf of Cádiz (Crustacea, Decapoda, Callianassidae) . 10.5281/zenodo.176412. 2007 . Dworschak . Peter C. . Cunha . Marina R. . Zootaxa . 1460 . 35–46 .