Prionocrangon ommatosteres
"Blind Crustacean
Prionocrangon ommatosteres, a blind deep-sea shrimp from the An 'am Sea, 405 fathoms. The eyes are completely atrophied, and the eyestalks are reduced to mere scales. The basal joint of the antennules, which contains the organ of hearing, is very greatly enlarged, perhaps to compensate for the loss of vision.
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| Kingdom | Animalia – Animal, animals |
| Phylum | Arthropoda – arthropods |
| Subphylum | Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustaceans |
| Class | Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 |
| Subclass | Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892 |
| Superorder | Eucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri |
| Order | Decapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp |
| Suborder | Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963 |
| Infraorder | Caridea Dana, 1852 |
| Superfamily | Crangonoidea Haworth, 1825 |
| Family | Crangonidae Haworth, 1825 |
| Genus | Prionocrangon Wood Mason and Alcock, 1891 |
| Prionocrangon, Wood Mason and Alcock, 1891, Taxonomic Serial No.: 97200 | |
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