This distinctive-looking, spiny squat lobster, seen here perched on a black coral, Umbellapathes, at 1,493 meters depth in the Johnston Atoll Unit of the PRIMNM, is likely a new (undescribed) species in the anomuran family Chirostylidae. This squat lobster was seen a few times during the expedition but escaped all collection attempts.
Squat Lobster
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana. Download larger version (jpg, 1.3 MB).

This distinctive-looking, spiny squat lobster, seen here perched on a black coral, Umbellapathes, at 1,493 meters depth in the Johnston Atoll Unit of the PRIMNM, is likely a new (undescribed) species in the anomuran family Chirostylidae. This squat lobster was seen a few times during the expedition but escaped all collection attempts.

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