{{Short description|Species of crustacean}} {{Speciesbox | name =''Caprella bathytatos'' | image = Caprella bathytatos.jpg | taxon = Caprella bathytatos | authority = Martin & Pettit, 1998 }}
'''''Caprella bathytatos''''' is a species of skeleton shrimp in the genus ''Caprella''.<ref name="worms">{{cite WoRMS |author=Jim Lowry |year=2010 |id=430797 |title=''Caprella bathytatos'' Martin & Pettit, 1998 |db=Amphipoda |accessdate=February 1, 2012}}</ref> It was described in 1998 by Joel W. Martin and Gary Pettit, who discovered it living on the mouthparts of the crab ''Macroregonia macrochira'' near hydrothermal vents in British Columbia.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Joel W. Martin & Gary Pettit |year=1998 |title=''Caprella bathytatos'' new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Caprellidae), from the mouthparts of the crab ''Macroregonia macrochira'' Sakai (Brachyura, Majidae) in the vicinity of deep-sea hydrothermal vents off British Columbia |journal=Bulletin of Marine Science |volume=63 |issue=1 |pages=189–198 |url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1998/00000063/00000001/art00015}}</ref>
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Category:Corophiida Category:Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean Category:Crustaceans described in 1998 {{amphipod-stub}}