Ducibella Map (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Ducibella Map

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Ducibella camanacha causes specialized raptorial appendages to capture and prey upon smaller amphipod species in the Atacama Trench’s food-limited realm. The trench stretches along the eastern South Pacific Ocean, plunging to depths exceeding 8,000 meters.

 

 

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Johanna Weston, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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