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Crustacean species found are colored orange lobster measuring about 2 cm. These types of lobster found on the seamount, coral areas that have not been much exploited by the fishery. Lobster is a scientific name is called lobster Uroptychus cartesi shy. So named because the living coral in the area that has not been reached by fishing activities, tend to be abundant in the mountain area of the sea.
Are taxonomically, the species is more closely kekeluargaannya by hermit crabs (hermit crab) than with actual lobster. Lobster tends to quiet and do not migrate far. Lobster larvae are only experiencing a period of plantonik (free swimming) for a few days. Enrique Macpherson, researchers from the Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes in Spain, said, shy lobsters were found to have the closest kinship with lobster found in the Caribbean Sea.
"Both species have a common ancestor, which invaded the territory of the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean several million years ago," said Macpherson told LiveScience, Friday (06/15/2012). Uroptychus cartesi its uniqueness due to the shape and number of spines similar bulge in its shell. This species is named after Joan Cartes, scientists Institute of Marine Science in Barcelona which was first discovered.
Currently, six specimens collected for identification stored in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. The findings were published in the journal Zootaxa recently.