Morphological remarks on the peppermint shrimp Lysmata ankeri (Decapoda, Hippolytidae): implications for species identification of the L. wurdemanni complex

Morphological remarks on the peppermint shrimp Lysmata ankeri (Decapoda, Hippolytidae): implications for species identification of the L. wurdemanni complex

ABSTRACTThis contribution reviews the morphology and the main diagnostic characters of the peppermint shrimp Lysmata ankeri. Individuals were sampled by scuba divers from August 2008 to June 2013 on the subtidal rocky bottom at Couves Island, on the coast of São Paulo State, Brazil. In the laborator...

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Main Authors: Douglas Fernandes Rodrigues Alves, Samara de Paiva Barros-Alves, Gustavo Luis Hirose, Valter José Cobo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
Series:Nauplius
Subjects:
Caridea
Hippolytidae
Lysmatidae
Morphology
Peppermint shrimp
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