Synalpheus carpenteri
| Synalpheus carpenteri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| 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] 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 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" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 3543: 1–22. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3543[1:tnsoss]2.0.co;2.
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