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Gandalfus puia
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Gandalfus puia is the only known New Zealand species of crab in the family Bythograeidae, commonly known as the blind vent crabs. Like other blind vent crabs, it only lives in hydrothermal vent waters. This species was first described in 2007 after specimens were collected from the undersea volcanic ridge near the Kermadec Islands.[3]
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Gandalfus puia | |
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A New Zealand blind vent crab, Gandalfus puia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Bythograeidae |
Genus: | Gandalfus |
Species: | G. puia |
Binomial name | |
Gandalfus puia McLay, 2007[2] | |
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