Vulcanocalliax

Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi is a species of crustacean found on a mud volcano in the Gulf of Cádiz between Spain and Morocco.^[2] It was discovered during the Census of Marine Life, and is so distinct from its closest relatives that it has been placed in a new subfamily, the Vulcanocallianacinae. The species is unusually large for a ghost shrimp, but despite that appears to brood only a single embryo.^[3] The species is named after the volcano on which it was discovered, Captain Arutyunov.^[1]

Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropod
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Callianassidae
Subfamily:	Vulcanocalliacinae Dworschak & Cunha, 2007 [1]
Genus:	Vulcanocalliax Dworschak & Cunha, 2007 [1]
Species:	V. arutyunovi
Binomial name
Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi Dworschak & Cunha, 2007 [1]