Tags: Crustacean.

Xibalbanus tulumensis (previously Speleonectes tulumensis – Speleonectes = ‘cave swimmer'; tulumensis = ‘occurring at Tulum’ – Xibalbanus = ‘from Xibalba’) is a venomous hermaphroditic crustacean found in anchialine caves on the Yucatán Peninsula in the Caribbean Sea.

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class
Remipedia
family
Remipedia
genus
Xibalbanus
kingdom
Animal
order
Remipedia
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean
synonym
Speleonectes tulumensis (Yager 1987)

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