Hippolyte chacei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alpheoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Caridea
Superfamilia: Alpheoidea

Familia: Hippolytidae
Genus: Hippolyte
Species: Hippolyte chacei

Name

Hippolyte chacei Gan & Li, 2019

Type locality: Hongtang bay, Hainan Island, northern South China Sea.

Holotype: MBM285015, non-ovigerous female, 3.3 mm CL, Hongtang bay, Hainan Island, northern South China Sea, one to three m, Coll. Z B, Gan, March 25, 2018 (GenBank accession number of 16S rRNA gene: MK231007).

Paratypes:

  • MBM285016, one male, 2.3 mm CL, same collection data as holotype (GenBank accession number of 16S rRNA gene: MK231008).
  • MBM285017, two non-ovigerous female, 2.7–3.0 mm CL, Houhai bay, Hainan Island, northern South China Sea, two to three m, Coll. Z B. Gan, March 22, 2018.

Distribution: Hongtang and Houhai bays, Hainan Island, northern South China Sea.

Etymology: named after Fenner A. Chace

ZooBank: 2A219926-8CEC-4106-930A-8CF7EB14417E

References

Primary references

  • Gan, Z.-B., Li, X.-Z. 2019. Recognizing two new Hippolyte species (Decapoda, Caridea, Hippolytidae) from the South China Sea based on integrative taxonomy. PeerJ. 7: e6605. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6605 Open access Reference page.  [See p. 4-9, figs. 1-4, 5A; original description]
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