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Heptacarpus

Heptacarpus is a genus of shrimps in the family Thoridae. There are more than 30 described species in the genus Heptacarpus. Most species are found in shallow water.

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Heptacarpus
Intertidal coastal shrimp, Heptacarpus palpator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Thoridae
Genus: Heptacarpus
Holmes, 1900

Heptacarpus is a genus of shrimps in the family Thoridae. There are more than 30 described species in the genus Heptacarpus.12 Most species are found in shallow water.3

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Heptacarpus:4

  • Heptacarpus acuticarinatus Komai & Ivanov, 2008
  • Heptacarpus brachydactylus (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (island coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus brevirostris (Dana, 1852) (stout coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus camtschaticus (Stimpson, 1860) (northern coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus carinatus Holmes, 1900 (smalleye coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus commensalis Hayashi, 1979
  • Heptacarpus decorus (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (elegant coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus flexus (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (slenderbeak coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus franciscanus (Schmitt, 1921) (Franciscan coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus fuscimaculatus Wicksten, 1986
  • Heptacarpus futilirostris (Bate, 1888) (toy shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus geniculatus (Stimpson, 1860) (flexed shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus grebnitzkii (Rathbun, 1902)
  • Heptacarpus herdmani (herdman coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus igarashii Hayashi & Chiba, 1989
  • Heptacarpus jordani (Rathbun, 1902)
  • Heptacarpus kincaidi (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (Kincaid coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus longirostris (Kobyakova, 1936)
  • Heptacarpus maxillipes (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (Aleutian coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus minutus (Yokoya, 1930)
  • Heptacarpus moseri (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (alaska coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus palpator (Owen, 1839) (intertidal coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus paludicola Holmes, 1900 (California coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus pandaloides (Stimpson, 1860) (tsuno shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus pugettensis Jensen, 1983 (barred shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus rectirostris (Stimpson, 1860)
  • Heptacarpus sitchensis (Brandt, 1851) (red-banded transparent shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus stimpsoni Holthuis, 1947 (stimpson coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus stylus (Stimpson, 1864) (stiletto coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus taylori (Stimpson, 1857) (taylor coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus tenuissimus Holmes, 1900 (slender coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus tridens (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (threespine coastal shrimp)
  • Heptacarpus yaldwyni Wicksten, 1984
References

References

  1. "Heptacarpus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  2. "Heptacarpus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  3. Bauer, Raymond T. (May 1984). "Morphological Trends in the Genus Heptacarpus (Decapoda, Caridea) and Their Phylogenetic Significance". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 4 (2): 201–225. doi:10.2307/1548017.
  4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Heptacarpus Holmes, 1900". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
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