Odontonia bagginsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Palaemonoidea 

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: Palaemonoidea

Familia: Palaemonidae
Genus: Odontonia
Species: Odontonia bagginsi

Name

Odontonia bagginsi de Gier & Fransen, 2018

ZooBank: 2AF91392-9595-4D14-9F1B-C9BDB3BDB954
Holotype: 1 ovigerous female PoCL 3.4 mm (MZB Cru 4733, ex RMNH.CRUS.D.53559)
Type locality: N of Desa Rum, Tidore, Ternate, Indonesia, 0°44'35.8"N 127°23'6.3"E, 27 m depth, scuba diving, reef consisting primarily of boulders and soft corals; 4-11-2009; in solitary ascidian (Asc. 67), leg. A. Gittenberger
Etymology: named after the famous "Hobbit" family name “Baggins”, reffering to the hairy feet comparable between this species and the "Hobbit" family.

References

  • de Gier, W. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 2018. Odontonia plurellicola sp. n. and Odontonia bagginsi sp. n., two new ascidian-associated shrimp from Ternate and Tidore, Indonesia, with a phylogenetic reconstruction of the genus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae). ZooKeys 765: 123–160. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.765.25277. Reference page. 
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