Another New Yeti Crab!!??
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By , on December 15th, 2011 3 comments   Biodiversity, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , ,  

Yeti crab clambers over a scaly-foot snail You heard here first people, another new species of Yeti crab may be out there!  Jon Copley just sent this message along. Well hey, a couple of weeks ago we found yet more yeti crabs out here at vents on the SW Indian Ridge, different in morphology to . . . → Read More: Another New Yeti Crab!!??

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Yeti Crab Roundup
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By , on December 6th, 2011 4 comments   Biodiversity, Critters, Microbes, New Research, New Species, Open Access, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls, Uncategorized   , , , ,  

Back in 2005, three researchers described and named a very unusual crab from a hydrothermal vent in the Indian Ocean (paper here).  The scientists christened this crustacean Kiwa hirsuta from the name of the goddess of shellfish in Polynesian mythology and the Latin hirsutus meaning hairy. The later specifically referring some very hairy claws indeed. Thus . . . → Read More: Yeti Crab Roundup

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