Yeti Crab Research Paper

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The ‘Yeti’ crab –Denizen of the Deep
By: Brian Crawford

Physical Geology
TCC NE
5/4/17

Introduction The ‘Yeti’ Crab has been known to science since 2005, the first specimen being found in the Pacific-Atlantic ridge 2200 meters below the sea level, and since then, five species of this genus has been found till now, all in the Southern hemisphere. (Fox-Skelly, 2017). The first specimen was found to have uncommon hair growth on its claws, this hirsute nature being the reason for it being named after the mythical ‘Abominable Snowman’ aka the ‘Yeti’ Crab; the new genus or family named ‘Kiwaidae’ and the species ‘Kiwa Hirsuta’.
On this hairy crustacean The Yeti crab is found at deep depths below the ocean where there is no light and it

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