Gandalfus yunohana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Bythograeidae |
Genus: | Gandalfus |
Species: | G. yunohana
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Binomial name | |
Gandalfus yunohana (Takeda, Hashimoto & Ohta, 2000)
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Synonyms | |
Austinograea yunohana Takeda, Hashimoto & Ohta, 2000 |
Gandalfus yunohana is a species of blind crab in the family Bythograeidae found on hydrothermal vents on the eastern edge of the Philippine Sea Plate south of Japan. Because no light penetrates to such depths, the eyes of G. yunohana are immobile and unpigmented.