Shinkailepas kaikatensis is a species of sea snail, a false limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phenacolepadidae.
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| A large number of adults (2 cm, 0.75 in) and egg cases (white dots) of the hydrothermal vent species Shinkailepas kaikatensis (and an arc crab on the right), April 2004 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Phenacolepadidae |
| Genus: | Shinkailepas |
| Species: | S. kaikatensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Shinkailepas kaikatensis Okutani, Saito & Hashimoto, 1989
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It was first described by Okutani, Saito and Hashimoto in 1989.[1]
Description
editThe individuals in the NOAA image are adults of 2 cm (0.75 in) living on rock surfaces at a hydrothermal vent at the East Diamante seamount, which is west-southwest of the small island of Farallon de Medinilla in the Southern Seamount Province of the Mariana Islands. The hydrothermal vent at East Diamante is "shallower than 200 m (650 ft)" according to the NOAA description. The white dots on the rocks and on the limpet shells in this image are the egg capsules of the species.
References
edit- ^ "Shinkailepas kaikatensis - Biological Information System for Marine Life". www.godac.jamstec.go.jp. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
External links
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