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Deltocyathus calcar

Deltocyathus calcar is listed by the World Register of Marine Species as an accepted species in the family Deltocyathidae. The record identifies it as associated with marine environments.

deep-sea coral
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. HeikeM assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domain

Overview

Deltocyathus calcar is listed by the World Register of Marine Species as an accepted species in the family Deltocyathidae. The record identifies it as associated with marine environments.

Habitat & distribution

Habitats

Marine

Video

This is the cutest, spikiest, tiniest crab in the world! (Don't quote us on that—it's called hyperbole.) It was found during an operation in the Gulf of Mexico, which collected samples of mesophotic and deep-sea coral species for lab rearing and propagation. Credit: @sanctuariesCredit: NOAA Fisheries · Public domainSource ↗

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References

  1. GBIF Auto Sync GBIF
  2. WoRMS / Aphia World Register of Marine Species

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