Gandalfus yunohana

Gandalfus yunohana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Bythograeidae
Genus: Gandalfus
Species:
G. yunohana
Binomial name
Gandalfus yunohana
(Takeda, Hashimoto & Ohta, 2000)
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.