Hippolyte bifidirostris

Hippolyte bifidirostris is a chameleon shrimp of the family Hippolytidae, found around New Zealand at depths of 18โ€“36 metres (59โ€“118 ft). It may also occur on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, but that record may need to be confirmed.[1]

Hippolyte bifidirostris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Hippolytidae
Genus: Hippolyte
Species:
H. bifidirostris
Binomial name
Hippolyte bifidirostris
(E. J. Miers, 1876)
Synonyms

Virbius bifidirostris E. J. Miers,

References

  1. P. J. F. Davie, ed. (2001). "Hippolytidae". Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3A. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 251โ€“265. ISBN 0-643-06791-4.


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