''Lepidophthalmus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
ghost shrimp.
Species
''Lepidophthalmus'' contains the following species:
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Lepidophthalmus bocourti''
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
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Lepidophthalmus eiseni''
Holmes, 1904
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Lepidophthalmus grandidieri''
(Coutière, 1899)
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Lepidophthalmus jamaicense''
(Schmitt, 1935)
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Lepidophthalmus louisianensis''
(Schmitt, 1935)
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Lepidophthalmus manningi''
Feder & Staton, 2000
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Lepidophthalmus rafai''
Felder & Manning, 1998
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Lepidophthalmus richardi''
Felder & Manning, 1997
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Lepidophthalmus rosae''
(Nobili, 1904)
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Lepidophthalmus sinuensis''
Lemaitre & Rodrigues, 1991
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Lepidophthalmus siriboia''
Felder & Rodrigues, 1993
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Lepidophthalmus socotrensis''
Sakai & Apel, 2002
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Lepidophthalmus tridentatus''
(Von Martens, 1868)
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Lepidophthalmus turneranus
''Lepidophthalmus turneranus'' (formerly ''Callianassa turnerana''), the Cameroon ghost shrimp, is a species of " ghost shrimp" or "mud lobster" that lives off the coast of West Africa. It occasionally erupts into dense swarms, one of which resul ...
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(White, 1861)
Only one species is known from the
fossil record
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:
Remains attributable to the extant species ''
Lepidophthalmus jamaicense'' have been found in
Upper Pleistocene
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deposits at
Port Morant Harbour in the
parish of St. Thomas,
Jamaica
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.
References
Thalassinidea
Decapod genera
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