Notes on Vent Field Description:
Year and How Discovered (if active, visual confirmation is listed first):
1993 or earlier, likely by SCUBA
Discovery References (text):
Other References (text):
[Takeda, M., Takeuchi, H., Suganuma, H., 1993. Occurrence of Xenograpsus novaeinsularis Takeda et Kubata (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) in the Tokara and Iwo Islands. Nat. Environ. Sci. Res., Kawasaki 6, 59-64]
Turkay and Sakai (1995) Decapod crustaceans from a volcanic hot spring in the Marianas. Senckenbergiana maritima 26: 25-35.