Lepidophthalmus

Lepidophthalmus is a genus of ghost shrimp.

Lepidophthalmus
Lepidophthalmus turneranus
Scientific classification
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Callichirinae
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Lepidophthalmus

Holmes, 1904
Type species
Lepidophthalmus eiseni
Holmes, 1904

Species

Lepidophthalmus contains 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

  1. G. C. B. Poore (2010). "Lepidophthalmus Holmes, 1904". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
  2. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  3. 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.


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