Tags: Crustacean.

The bathyal swimming crab Bathynectes longispina is a species of crab in the Polybiidae family.This species lives on seamounts and knolls at depths as great as 600 metres (2000 ft). It appears similar to other members of the portunid family but has reduced swimming dactyls and long walking legs. As an adaptation to deep water it has large eyes.

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