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Deep-Sea Lobsters
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Deep-Sea Lobsters

Acanthacaris

Acanthacaris is a genus of deep-water lobsters. It contains two species, A. caeca and A. tenuimana, and is the only genus in the subfamily Neophoberinae.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Atlantic Deep-Sea Lobster

speciesAcanthacaris caeca

Prickly Deep-Sea Lobster

speciesAcanthacaris tenuimana

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86154.