Ducibella camanchacais (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Ducibella camanchacais

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Ducibella camanchacais a fast-swimming predator researchers named after "darkness." At nearly 4 centimeters in length, this crustacean uses specialized raptorial appendages to capture and preyupon smaller amphipod species.The newly discovered crustacean is the first large, active predatory amphipod from the extreme depths of Atacama Trench.

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Johanna Weston, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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