Biology:Synalpheus carpenteri

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Short description: Species of crustacean

Synalpheus carpenteri
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Alpheidae
Genus: Synalpheus
Species:
S. carpenteri
Binomial name
Synalpheus carpenteri
MacDonald & Duffy, 2006

Synalpheus carpenteri is a species of sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp described in 2006 from specimens collected from the Belizean Barrier Reef of the Exuma Islands, Bahamas, and the Atlantic coast of Panama.[1] Its most identifying characteristic is the faint to bright orange overall color of the body.[1] The species is named in honor of Michael Carpenter, Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7661957 entry