Lepidophthalmus is a genus of ghost shrimp.
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| Lepidophthalmus turneranus | |
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| Genus: | Lepidophthalmus Holmes, 1904
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| Lepidophthalmus eiseni Holmes, 1904
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Species
editLepidophthalmus 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
edit- ^ G. C. B. Poore (2010). "Lepidophthalmus Holmes, 1904". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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