Lysmata ankeri
| Lysmata ankeri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Lysmatidae |
| Genus: | Lysmata |
| Species: | L. ankeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Lysmata ankeri Rhyne & Lin, 2006 | |
Lysmata ankeri is a species of saltwater shrimp first classified as Lysmata wurdemanni. It is found in shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and can be distinguished by its coloration pattern.[1]
References
- ^ Rhyne, Andrew L., and Junda Lin. "A western Atlantic peppermint shrimp complex: redescription of Lysmata wurdemanni, description of four new species, and remarks on Lysmata rathbunae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Hippolytidae)." Bulletin of Marine Science 79.1 (2006): 165-204.
Further reading
- Wirtz, Peter, Gustavo de Melo, and Sammy de Grave. "Symbioses of decapod crustaceans along the coast of Espírito Santo, Brazil." Marine Biodiversity Records 2 (2009): e162.
- Baeza, J. Antonio, et al. "Molecular phylogeny of shrimps from the genus Lysmata (Caridea: Hippolytidae): the evolutionary origins of protandric simultaneous hermaphroditism and social monogamy." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96.2 (2009): 415-424.
- Zhang, Dong, et al. "Surface glycoproteins are not the contact pheromones in the Lysmata shrimp." Marine biology 157.1 (2010): 171-176.
- Baeza, J. Antonio. "Molecular systematics of peppermint and cleaner shrimps: phylogeny and taxonomy of the genera Lysmata and Exhippolysmata (Crustacea: Caridea: Hippolytidae)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society160.2 (2010): 254-265.