Psalidopus tosaensis
Of the three Psalidopus species, P.
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Of the three Psalidopus species, P. tosaensis inhabits the deepest and coldest waters, around 2800 meters down at 1.6 degrees Celsius. Though found nearer to P. huxleyi geographically, genetic evidence suggests a closer evolutionary link to P. barbouri.
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- CladePancrustacea
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- SuborderPleocyemata
- InfraorderCaridea
- FamilyPsalidopodidae
- GenusPsalidopus
Named by Wood-Mason, 1892
Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Psalidopus (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Quick Facts
- Depth
- c. 2,800 m / 9,186 ft
- Geographic relation
- geographically closer to P. huxleyi
- Phylogenetic relation
- appears to be more closely related to P. barbouri
Facts from the source article.
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Psalidopus (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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