University of Louisiana-Lafayette: Scientists Discover New Species of Hermit Crab in Gulf of Mexico
January 16, 2021
January 16, 2021
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Jan. 16 (TNSJou) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story:
Dr. Darryl Felder was searching for a mud lobster when he pulled a bag of crustaceans from his laboratory freezer in the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Billeaud Hall.
He instead found a new species of hermit crab. "When I defrosted it, I thought, 'My gosh, not only is that not a mud lobster, but that is a species that' . . .
Dr. Darryl Felder was searching for a mud lobster when he pulled a bag of crustaceans from his laboratory freezer in the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Billeaud Hall.
He instead found a new species of hermit crab. "When I defrosted it, I thought, 'My gosh, not only is that not a mud lobster, but that is a species that' . . .