Lepidophthalmus
| Lepidophthalmus | |
|---|---|
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| Lepidophthalmus turneranus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Callianassidae |
| Subfamily: | Callichirinae |
| Genus: | Lepidophthalmus Holmes, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Lepidophthalmus eiseni Holmes, 1904 | |
Lepidophthalmus is a genus of ghost shrimp, containing the following species:[1]
- Lepidophthalmus bocourti (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
- Lepidophthalmus eiseni Holmes, 1904
- Lepidophthalmus grandidieri (Coutière, 1899)
- Lepidophthalmus jamaicense (Schmitt, 1935)
- Lepidophthalmus louisianensis (Schmitt, 1935)
- Lepidophthalmus manningi Feder & Staton, 2000
- Lepidophthalmus rafai Felder & Manning, 1998
- Lepidophthalmus richardi Felder & Manning, 1997
- Lepidophthalmus rosae (Nobili, 1904)
- Lepidophthalmus sinuensis Lemaitre & Rodrigues, 1991
- Lepidophthalmus siriboia Felder & Rodrigues, 1993
- Lepidophthalmus socotrensis Sakai & Apel, 2002
- Lepidophthalmus tridentatus (Von Martens, 1868)
- Lepidophthalmus turneranus (White, 1861)
Only one species is known from the fossil record:[2] Remains attributable to the extant species Lepidophthalmus jamaicense have been found in Upper Pleistocene deposits at Port Morant Harbour in the parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica.[3]
References
- ↑ G. C. B. Poore (2010). "Lepidophthalmus Holmes, 1904". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- ↑ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
- ↑ J. S. H. Collins, S. K. Donovan & T. A. Stemann (2009). "Fossil Crustacea of the Late Pleistocene Port Morant Formation, west Port Morant Harbour, southeastern Jamaica". Scripta Geologica 138: 23–53.