Alima neptuni is a species of shrimp in the Squillidae family, and was first described in 1768 by Carl Linnaeus as Cancer neptuni.[2][3]

Alima neptuni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Squillidae
Genus: Alima
Species:
A. neptuni
Binomial name
Alima neptuni
(Linnaeus, 1768)
Synonyms[1]

Cancer Neptuni Linnaeus, 1768
(Cancer) Astacus neptuni Herbst, 1793
Alima hyalina Leach, 1817
Erichthus hyalinus Schinz, 1823
Squilla (Alima) hyalina Voigt, 1836
Alima angusta Dana, 1852
Hyalopelta gracilis Guerin-Meneville, 1857
Alima gracilis Claus, 1871
Squilla alba Bigelow, 1893
Alima angustata Manning, 1962
Alima alba Manning and Serene, 1968

It is found in all tropical seas with the exception of the eastern Pacific Ocean.[4]

Taxonomy

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The species was first described in 1768 by Linnaeus as Cancer neptuni.[2][3] It was redescribed in 1893 by Robert Payne Bigelow as Squilla alba.[5] In 1986 Raymond Manning and Chanan Lewinsohn[1] assigned it to the genus Alima with the species name Alima neptuni, and synonymised A alba, and A. hyalina and various other shrimps with A. neptuni.[5] In 1998 Joseph Poupin described it as Alima alba.[5][6] The most recent description (as A. neptuni) was in 2002 by Shane Ahyong.[5][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Manning, R. B., & Lewinsohn, C. (1986). "Notes on some stomatopod crustacea from the Sinai Peninsula, Red Sea" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 433: 13.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alima neptuni (Linnaeus, 1768)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b Linnaeus, C. (1768). "Dissertatio academica sistens Iter". Chinam, Cons. Exper. Fac. Med. Ups. Moderante Viro Generosissimo D:no. Car. v. Linné. Publico examini submissa ab Andrea Sparrman Uplando. In Auditorio Carol. Maj. d. xxx. Nov. Anni MDCCLXVIII. Upsaliae. H. A. M. S. Joh. Edman.
  4. ^ a b Shane T. Ahyong (2002). "Stomatopoda (Crustacea) from the Marquesas Islands: results of MUSORSTOM 9" (PDF). Zoosystema. 24 (2): 362. ISSN 1280-9551. Wikidata Q93463184.
  5. ^ a b c d "Alima neptuni - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  6. ^ Poupin, Joseph (1998). "Plancton Marin CRUSTACEA DECAPODA AND STROMATOPODA OF FRENCH POLYNESIA" (PDF): 37. Retrieved 3 March 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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