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Know the lobster named after Nelson Mandela
New Delhi: A new species of lobster (Squat lobsters) discovered in a relatively unexplored area of the Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge, off the coast of South Africa, in 2011 has been named as Munidopsis mandelai
They are distributed worldwide in the oceans and can live near the surface or close to deep sea hydrothermal vents.
Squat lobsters resemble true lobsters in some ways, but are somewhat flattened and are typically smaller
