Biology:Lepidophthalmus

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans


Lepidophthalmus
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Lepidophthalmus turneranus
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Callichirinae
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Lepidophthalmus

Holmes, 1904
Type species
Lepidophthalmus eiseni
Holmes, 1904

Lepidophthalmus is a genus of ghost shrimp.

Species

Lepidophthalmus 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3229912 entry