''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
''Lepidophthalmus'' is a genus of ghost shrimp.
Species
''Lepidophthalmus'' contains the following species:
*'' Lepidophthalmus bocourti'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
*'' Lepidophthalmus eiseni'' Holmes, 1904
*''Lepidophthalmus grandidieri'' (Cou ...
''
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
*''
Lepidophthalmus eiseni
''Lepidophthalmus'' is a genus of ghost shrimp.
Species
''Lepidophthalmus'' contains the following species:
*''Lepidophthalmus bocourti'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
*'' Lepidophthalmus eiseni'' Holmes, 1904
*''Lepidophthalmus grandidieri'' (Cout ...
''
Holmes, 1904
*''
Lepidophthalmus grandidieri
''Lepidophthalmus'' is a genus of ghost shrimp.
Species
''Lepidophthalmus'' contains the following species:
*'' Lepidophthalmus bocourti'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
*'' Lepidophthalmus eiseni'' Holmes, 1904
*'' Lepidophthalmus grandidieri'' (Co ...
''
(Coutière, 1899)
*''
Lepidophthalmus jamaicense''
(Schmitt, 1935)
*''
Lepidophthalmus louisianensis
''Lepidophthalmus'' is a genus of ghost shrimp.
Species
''Lepidophthalmus'' contains the following species:
*'' Lepidophthalmus bocourti'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
*'' Lepidophthalmus eiseni'' Holmes, 1904
*''Lepidophthalmus grandidieri'' (Cou ...
''
(Schmitt, 1935)
*''
Lepidophthalmus manningi
''Lepidophthalmus'' is a genus of ghost shrimp.
Species
''Lepidophthalmus'' contains the following species:
*''Lepidophthalmus bocourti'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
*''Lepidophthalmus eiseni'' Holmes, 1904
*''Lepidophthalmus grandidieri'' (Couti ...
''
Feder & Staton, 2000
*''
Lepidophthalmus rafai
''Lepidophthalmus'' is a genus of ghost shrimp.
Species
''Lepidophthalmus'' contains the following species:
*''Lepidophthalmus bocourti'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
*'' Lepidophthalmus eiseni'' Holmes, 1904
*''Lepidophthalmus grandidieri'' (Cout ...
''
Felder & Manning, 1998
*''
Lepidophthalmus richardi
''Lepidophthalmus'' is a genus of ghost shrimp.
Species
''Lepidophthalmus'' contains the following species:
*''Lepidophthalmus bocourti'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
*'' Lepidophthalmus eiseni'' Holmes, 1904
*''Lepidophthalmus grandidieri'' (Cout ...
''
Felder & Manning, 1997
*''
Lepidophthalmus rosae
''Lepidophthalmus'' is a genus of ghost shrimp.
Species
''Lepidophthalmus'' contains the following species:
*''Lepidophthalmus bocourti'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
*'' Lepidophthalmus eiseni'' Holmes, 1904
*''Lepidophthalmus grandidieri'' (Cout ...
''
(Nobili, 1904)
*''
Lepidophthalmus sinuensis
''Lepidophthalmus'' is a genus of ghost shrimp.
Species
''Lepidophthalmus'' contains the following species:
*''Lepidophthalmus bocourti'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
*'' Lepidophthalmus eiseni'' Holmes, 1904
*''Lepidophthalmus grandidieri'' (Cout ...
''
Lemaitre & Rodrigues, 1991
*''
Lepidophthalmus siriboia
''Lepidophthalmus'' is a genus of ghost shrimp.
Species
''Lepidophthalmus'' contains the following species:
*''Lepidophthalmus bocourti'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
*'' Lepidophthalmus eiseni'' Holmes, 1904
*''Lepidophthalmus grandidieri'' (Cout ...
''
Felder & Rodrigues, 1993
*''
Lepidophthalmus socotrensis
''Lepidophthalmus'' is a genus of ghost shrimp.
Species
''Lepidophthalmus'' contains the following species:
*''Lepidophthalmus bocourti'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
*'' Lepidophthalmus eiseni'' Holmes, 1904
*''Lepidophthalmus grandidieri'' (Cout ...
''
Sakai & Apel, 2002
*''
Lepidophthalmus tridentatus
''Lepidophthalmus'' is a genus of ghost shrimp.
Species
''Lepidophthalmus'' contains the following species:
*''Lepidophthalmus bocourti'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
*'' Lepidophthalmus eiseni'' Holmes, 1904
*''Lepidophthalmus grandidieri'' (Cout ...
''
(Von Martens, 1868)
*''
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 ...
''
(White, 1861)
Only one species is known from the
fossil record:
Remains attributable to the extant species ''
Lepidophthalmus jamaicense'' have been found in
Upper Pleistocene deposits at
Port Morant Harbour in the
parish of St. Thomas,
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
.
References
Thalassinidea
Decapod genera
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