Heptacarpus
| Heptacarpus | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Intertidal coastal shrimp, Heptacarpus palpator | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Malacostraca | 
| Order: | Decapoda | 
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata | 
| Infraorder: | Caridea | 
| Family: | Thoridae | 
| Genus: | Holmes, 1900  | 
Heptacarpus is a genus of shrimps in the family Thoridae. There are more than 30 described species in the genus Heptacarpus.[1][2]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Heptacarpus:[3]
- Heptacarpus acuticarinatus Komai & Ivanov, 2008
 - Heptacarpus brachydactylus (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (island coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus brevirostris (Dana, 1852) (stout coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus camtschaticus (Stimpson, 1860) (northern coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus carinatus Holmes, 1900 (smalleye coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus commensalis Hayashi, 1979
 - Heptacarpus decorus (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (elegant coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus flexus (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (slenderbeak coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus franciscanus (Schmitt, 1921) (Franciscan coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus fuscimaculatus Wicksten, 1986
 - Heptacarpus futilirostris (Bate, 1888) (toy shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus geniculatus (Stimpson, 1860) (flexed shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus grebnitzkii (Rathbun, 1902)
 - Heptacarpus herdmani (herdman coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus igarashii Hayashi & Chiba, 1989
 - Heptacarpus jordani (Rathbun, 1902)
 - Heptacarpus kincaidi (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (Kincaid coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus longirostris (Kobyakova, 1936)
 - Heptacarpus maxillipes (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (Aleutian coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus minutus (Yokoya, 1930)
 - Heptacarpus moseri (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (alaska coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus palpator (Owen, 1839) (intertidal coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus paludicola Holmes, 1900 (California coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus pandaloides (Stimpson, 1860) (tsuno shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus pugettensis Jensen, 1983 (barred shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus rectirostris (Stimpson, 1860)
 - Heptacarpus sitchensis (Brandt, 1851) (red-banded transparent shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus stimpsoni Holthuis, 1947 (stimpson coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus stylus (Stimpson, 1864) (stiletto coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus taylori (Stimpson, 1857) (taylor coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus tenuissimus Holmes, 1900 (slender coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus tridens (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (threespine coastal shrimp)
 - Heptacarpus yaldwyni Wicksten, 1984
 
References
- ^ "Heptacarpus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
 - ^ "Heptacarpus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
 - ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Heptacarpus Holmes, 1900". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
 
Further reading
- Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X.
 
 
