Shinkaia, BABA & WILLIAMS, 1998

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GENUS SHINKAIA BABA & WILLIAMS, 1998 SHINKAIA CROSNIERI BABA & WILLIAMS, 1998

Type locality: West Pacific Ocean , Bismarck Archipelago, Edison Seamount; 03°18.85′S, 152°34.92′E; 1483 m . – Okinawa Trough , Iheya Seamount; 27°32.7′N, 126°58.2′E; 1394 m .

Known range: active hydrothermal vents in the Bismarck Archipelago and Okinawa ( Baba & Williams, 1998; Ohta & Kim, 2001 for Iheya Ridge) and off Taiwan ( Chan, Lee & Lee, 2000).

Material: West Pacific Ocean , Bismarck Archipelago, Edison Seamount, north-eastern crater rim near Lihir Island; 03°18.85′S, 152°34.92′E; 1483 m; R / V Sonne, S 29-1531; 20 March 1994; holotype male, USNM 251480 ; 2 paratype females (1 ovigerous) , USNM 251481 ).

– Okinawa Trough ; 27°32.7′N, 126°58.2′E; 1394 m; Shinkai 2000 , 2K#479 ; 13 May 1990; 1 male paratype, USNM 251482 ; 1 male paratype, JMSTC Ano-0001- 90. − 27°16.2′N, 127°04.9′E; 1330 m; Shinkai 2000 ; 10 September 1988; 1 female and 1 male paratype, MNHN-Ga 4239. − 27°33.0′N, 126°58.0′E; 1390 m; Shinkai 2000 , 2K#672; 14 May 1993; 1 male and 2 female paratypes, JMSTC Ano-0006-93.

–Additional material was apparently collected by Chan et al. (2000), as measurements were given; we have not seen that publication..

Remarks: Both Tsuchida et al. (2000) and Watabe & Miyake (2000) considered S. crosnieri to be the dominant member of the fauna at Hatoma Knoll, as did Watanabe et al. (2005). The species was also mentioned by Chan et al. (2000) as the first known hydrothermal crustacean reported from Taiwan. Ohta & Kim (2001: photograph 4) noted the presence of Beggiatoa -like filamentous bacteria on the abdomen of specimens from the Iheya Ridge.