Bathyal swimming crab

The bathyal swimming crab, Bathynectes longispina, is a species of crab in the family Polybiidae.^[2][1]

Bathyal swimming crab
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Polybiidae
Genus:	Bathynectes
Species:	B. longispina
Binomial name
Bathynectes longispina Stimpson, 1879
Synonyms [1]
Geryon incertus Miers, 1886

This species lives on seamounts and knolls,^[3] at depths as great as 600 metres (2,000 ft). It appears similar to other members of the portunid family, but has reduced swimming dactyls and long walking legs. As an adaptation to deep water, it has large eyes.^[4]