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Cuapetes lacertae

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Species of crustacean

Cuapetes lacertae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Cuapetes
Species: C. lacertae
Binomial name
Cuapetes lacertae
Bruce, 1992

Cuapetes lacertae, previously known as Periclimenes lacertae, is a species of shrimp belonging to the family Palaemonidae. Its name is due to the fact the first specimen was collected from Lizard Island: lacerta being Latin for "lizard".

Description

Medium-sized shrimp, slender, subcylindrical body form. Approximate total length is 21 millimetres (0.83 in); carapace + rostrum 10.2 millimetres (0.40 in); major second pereiopod chela 8.8 millimetres (0.35 in); minor second pereiopod chela 6 millimetres (0.24 in).

Distribution

This species is known from Lizard Island, Queensland. Individuals can be found living among the tentacles of the polyps of the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis.

References

  1. Bruce, A. J. (1992). "Two new species of Periclimenes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Lizard Island, Queensland, with notes on some related taxa". Records of the Australian Museum. 44 (1): 45–84. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.44.1992.28. ISSN 0067-1975.
  2. Bos, A.R. & B.W. Hoeksema (2015). "Cryptobenthic fishes and co-inhabiting shrimps associated with the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis (Fungiidae) in the Davao Gulf, Philippines". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 98 (6): 1479–1489. doi:10.1007/s10641-014-0374-0. S2CID 14834695.
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Cuapetes lacertae


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