Heterocarpus ensifer

Heterocarpus ensifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Pandalidae
Genus: Heterocarpus
Species: H. ensifer
Binomial name
Heterocarpus ensifer
A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 [1]

Heterocarpus ensifer is a species of deep-water shrimp. The nominate subspecies is found in the Atlantic Ocean from Spain and Madeira to Angola and from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; other subspecies occur in the Pacific Ocean and around the Philippines and Indonesia.[2] Despite being one of the most abundant shrimp in some areas,[3] its biology is still poorly known.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Heterocarpus ensifer A. Milne-Edwards, 1881". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=97064. Retrieved June 20, 2011. 
  2. ^ Harriet Perry and Kirsten Larsen (April 6, 2004). "Heterocarpus ensifer ensifer A. Milne-Edwards, 1881" (PDF). Guide to Shelf Invertebrates, Gulf of Mexico. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. http://www.gsmfc.org/seamap/picture_guide/Shrimp/heterocarpus%20ensifer%20ensifer.pdf. 
  3. ^ Thomas A. Clarke (1972). "Collections and Submarine Observations of Deep Benthic Fishes and Decapod Crustacea in Hawaii1" (PDF). Pacific Science 26 (3): 310–317. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/503/1/v26n3-310-317.pdf. 
  4. ^ Enrique Lozano-Álvarez, Patricia Briones-Fourzán, Adolfo Gracia & Ana Vázquez-Bader (2007). "Relative growth and size at first maturity of the deep water shrimp, Heterocarpus ensifer (Decapoda, Pandalidae) from the southern Gulf of Mexico". Crustaceana 80 (5): 555–568. doi:10.1163/156854007780765588. 

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