Shinkaia

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Shinkaia

Shinkaia crosnieri is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus[1] in the family Munidopsidae. S. crosnieri lives in deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems, living off of the chemosynthetic activity of certain bacteria living on its setae.[2]

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Shinkaia crosnieri
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Shinkaia

Baba & Williams, 1998
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S. crosnieri
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Shinkaia crosnieri
Baba & Williams, 1998
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