New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean—dubbed "The Hoff crab" when it was discovered in 2010—is the first species in its family to show different claw characteristics between sexes.
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New Crab Species with Blade-Like Claws Discovered in the Deep Seaand this discovery joins a number of remarkable finds. The pale orange Mazu's Porter Crab is another example of the diversity and mystery of the deep sea.
According to Science Alert, this kind of king crab lives in deep-sea environments, at depths of 650 to 6,200 feet (or 200 to 1,900 meters). Adult Neolithodes agassizii, also known as a king crab ...
The Japanese spider crab is happy to welcome you to 300 meters ... Look, here comes a blobfish! This thrilling deep-sea fish was voted the world's ugliest animal by the Ugly Animal Preservation ...
The species of fish lives deep in the Antarctic Ocean ... after the "Chinese Goddess or Grandmother of the Sea, Mazu." So far, only one crab of the new species has been found, and this is only ...
The newly identified giant isopod has a head that looks eerily like the Sith Lord's iconic helmet from the "Star Wars" franchise.
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