Opaepele, WILLIAMS & DOBBS, 1995

Martin, Joel W. & Haney, Todd A., 2005, Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2005, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (4), pp. 445-522 : 467

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00178.x
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D96F29-FFB3-FF96-FF2A-FC61FE3E0820
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scientific name	Opaepele
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GENUS OPAEPELE WILLIAMS & DOBBS, 1995 View in CoL OPAEPELE LOIHI WILLIAMS & DOBBS, 1995

Type locality: Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, Loihi Seamount ; 18°55′N, 155°16′W; 980 m. GoogleMaps

Known range: limited to the type locality.

Material: type locality; Pisces V, dive 213; 980 m; 28 August 1992; baited traps, baited with exocetid fish; USNM 251447 View Materials (holotype, female), USNM 251448 View Materials (allotype, male), USNM 251449 View Materials (paratypes, 6 males, 7 females) ( Williams & Dobbs, 1995) .

– Pisces V, dive 242; 980 m; 7 September 1993; baited traps, baited with exocetid fish ; USNM 251450 View Materials (paratypes, 26 females) ( Williams & Dobbs, 1995) .

Remarks: Shank et al. (1999) mentioned two specimens collected by the US Navy submersible Turtle (DSV-3) in 1993. An eruption of the Loihi volcano in 1996 might have eliminated or severely decreased the population size of this species.