Biology:Anaspides eberhardi

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Short description: Species of freshwater crustacean


Anaspides eberhardi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Anaspidacea
Family: Anaspidesidae
Genus: Anaspides
Species:
A. eberhardi
Binomial name
Anaspides eberhardi
Ahyong, 2016

Anaspides eberhardi is a species of freshwater, cave-dwelling crustacean in the family Anaspidesidae. It was first described in 2016 by Shane Ahyong.[1] The species name is an eponym, honouring Stefan Eberhard rather than describing a morphological feature.[1]

Like all members of the genus Anaspides, A. eberhardi is endemic to Tasmania. It has been recorded from caves in the Junee-Florentine karst system.[2]

A. eberhardi can be distinguished from other members of the genus by its distinctly more elongated and posteriorly tapering telson.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ahyong, Shane T. (7 December 2016). "The Tasmanian Mountain Shrimps, Anaspides Thomson, 1894 (Crustacea, Syncarida, Anaspididae)". Records of the Australian Museum 68 (7): 313–364. doi:10.3853/J.2201-4349.68.2016.1669. 
  2. Richter, Stefan; Schwentner, Martin; Wirkner, Christian S.; Ahyong, Shane T. (2018). "Phylogeny and species diversity of Tasmanian mountain shrimps and their relatives (Crustacea, Anaspidesidae)". Zoologica Scripta 47 (1): 84–105. doi:10.1111/zsc.12263. 

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