Biology:Synalpheus carpenteri
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Short description: Species of crustacean
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Alpheidae |
| Genus: | Synalpheus |
| Species: | S. carpenteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Synalpheus carpenteri MacDonald & Duffy, 2006
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kenneth S. MacDonald III & J. Emmett Duffy (2006). "Two new species of sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp from the Belizean Barrier Reef, with a synopsis of the Synalpheus brooksi species complex". American Museum Novitates (3543): 1–22. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3543[1:tnsoss2.0.co;2]. http://www.vims.edu/research/units/labgroups/marine_biodiversity/publications/_pdf/Macdonald%20and%20Duffy%202006%20AMN.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q7661957 entry
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