| Caprella bathytatos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Caprellidae |
| Genus: | Caprella |
| Species: | C. bathytatos |
| Binomial name | |
| Caprella bathytatos Martin & Pettit, 1998 | |
Caprella bathytatos is a species of skeleton shrimp in the genus Caprella. It was described in 1998 by Joel W. Martin and Gary Pettit, who discovered it living on the mouthparts of the crab Macroregonia macrochira near hydrothermal vents in British Columbia.
References
- Jim Lowry (2010). Lowry J (ed.). "Caprella bathytatos Martin & Pettit, 1998". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
- Joel W. Martin & Gary Pettit (1998). "Caprella bathytatos new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Caprellidae), from the mouthparts of the crab Macroregonia macrochira Sakai (Brachyura, Majidae) in the vicinity of deep-sea hydrothermal vents off British Columbia". Bulletin of Marine Science. 63 (1): 189–198.
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| Caprella bathytatos | |
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