Homeryon
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Homeryon is a genus of blind, deep-sea crustaceans. It is named after the blind Greek poet Homer and the genus Eryon, which contains fossil relatives of the modern Polychelidae. It was separated from the genus Polycheles in 2001, and contains only two species.[1]
Homeryon armarium
Homeryon armarium is only known to occur on the Kyushu–Palau Ridge (the ocean ridge between Japan and Palau) at depths between Script error: No such module "convert".. It is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.[2]
Homeryon asper
Only a single specimen of Homeryon asper (formerly Polycheles asper) has ever been collected. This type specimen was a juvenile female, with a carapace Script error: No such module "convert". long, dredged up by the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". at a depth of Script error: No such module "convert". off Niʻihau in 1902. It is now housed in the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution.[1] H. asper is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[3]
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