Kueishan Island, offshore

Name Alias(es):

Gueishandao

Vent Sites:

Activity:

active, confirmed

Maximum Temperature:

Max Temperature Category:

NotProvided

Latitude:

24.8333

Longitude:

122.0000

Location on map:

Ocean:

N. Pacific

Region:

Okinawa Trough

National Jurisdiction:

Taiwan

Maximum or Single Reported Depth (mbsl):

1200

Minimum Depth (mbsl):

250

Tectonic setting:

back-arc spreading center

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.

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