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Salmoneus (crustacean)

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Salmoneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Alpheidae
Genus: Salmoneus
Holthuis, 1955

Salmoneus is a genus of shrimps of the family Alpheidae. Understanding of the genus has grown rapidly, with only 19 known species before 2000, to over 40 species as of 2011.[1] Salmoneus contains the following species:[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Arthur Anker (2011). "Three new species of the alpheid shrimp genus Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955 (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the tropical western Pacific". Zootaxa. 2839: 67–84.
  2. ^ Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay (2010). "Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 8, 2010.