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Kueishan Island, offshore

Name Alias(es): 
Gueishandao
Vent Sites: 
Maximum Temperature: 
Max Temperature Category: 
Latitude: 
24.8333
Longitude: 
122.0000
Location on map: 
Ocean: 
National Jurisdiction: 
Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl): 
1200
Minimum Depth (mbsl): 
250
Tectonic setting: 
Full Spreading Rate (mm/a): 
53.1
Volcano Number (if applicable): 
Host Rock: 
NotProvided
Deposit Type: 
NotProvided
Notes on Vent Field Description: 
Southernmost Part of Okinawa Trough; deep-sea hydrothermal sites NE of Taiwan
Notes Relevant to Biology: 
galatheid Shinkaia crosnieri, bivalves, for shrimp see Komai and Chan (2010)
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first): 
2008 or earlier
Discovery References (text): 
NEED CITATION.
Other References (text): 
Chan, T.-Y. et al. (2000) The first deep-sea hydrothermal animal reported from Taiwan: Shinkaia crosnieri Baba and Williams, 1998 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Galatheidae). Bull Mar Sci 67: 799-804
Wang, T.W. et al. (2009) The hydrothermal vent and cold seep fauna of Taiwan, and their possible food chain relationships, abstract in 4th CBE Symposium.
Komai, T. and Chan, T.-Y. (2010) A new genus and two new species of alvinocaridid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from a hydrothermal vent field off northeastern Taiwan. Zootaxa 2372: 15-32.