Sunday, June 18, 2017

First Venomous Crustacean descovered

In the article, "First venomous crustacean discovered" published October 22, 2013 by Matt Kaplan was about a group of scientist who discovered the Spelsonectes Tuldmensis. The Spelsonectes Tuldmensis happens to be the very first venomous crustacean. This venomous crustacean was discovered in the labyrinthine cave which is in Mexico. The scientist have found it very hard to learn more about this species. The divers and the scientist have discovered that the labyrinthine cave is very dangerous therefor causing it to be difficult to discover more. It explains that, 'biologists including Björn von Reumont and Ronald Jenner, both of the Natural History Museum in London, found remipedes tossing away empty exoskeletons of shrimp, presumably having fed on them" (Kaplan).  Later on the scientist discovered that, " reservoirs attached to the needle structures are surrounded by muscles that can pump fluid through the needles. Moreover, they found glands in the centre of the remipede body that manufacture venom and are connected to the reservoirs"(Kaplan). The scientist believe this resembles hypodermic needles. This has never once been seen within 70,000 crustaceans. Scientist have yet discovered if this venom affects humans.

Kaplan, Matt. "First Venomous Crustacean Discovered." Nature. Part of Springer Nature, 22 Oct. 2013. Web. 22 Oct. 2014.           

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