Calaxius carneyi, Felder & Kensley, 2004

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 : 500

CALAXIUS CARNEYI FELDER & KENSLEY, 2004

Type locality: Northern Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana continental slope, Bush Hill site; Johnson Sea-Link submersible sta. 3269; 27°46.904′N, 91°30.286′W, approximately 2 m from chemosynthetic mussel community; 544 m.

Known range: limited to the type locality.

Material: type locality; Johnson Sea-Link sta. 3269; 11 August 1992; box core; USNM 1009165 (holotype male). –same locality; Pisces II sta. 880031 (8831); August 1988; USNM 1009166 (paratype; male exuvium) .

Remarks: The locality (Bush Hill site) is a cold methane seep. The two specimens (one of which is an exuvium) were collected by manned submersibles (the Johnson Sea-Link and the Pisces II) from the same locality and microhabitat (adjacent to clam beds) but several years apart (1988, 1992). Felder & Kensley (2004) noted that both specimens were collected adjacent to communities of clams and commented on the fact that many thalassinoids may be pre-adapted to such environments. The find is only the second species of the genus Calaxius (reviewed recently by Kensley & Hickman, 2001) in the Atlantic Ocean. This may be the same species noted by Bergquist et al. (2003) from the Bush Hill site.

FAMILY CALLIANASSIDAE DANA, 1852