Cuapetes lacertae
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Cuapetes lacertae, previously known as Periclimenes lacertae, is a species of shrimp belonging to the family Palaemonidae.[1] Its name is due to the fact the first specimen was collected from Lizard Island: lacerta being Latin for "lizard".
Description
Medium-sized shrimp, slender, subcylindrical body form. Approximate total length is 21 millimetres (0.83 in); carapace + rostrum 10.2 millimetres (0.40 in); major second pereiopod chela 8.8 millimetres (0.35 in); minor second pereiopod chela 6 millimetres (0.24 in).
Distribution
This species is known from Lizard Island, Queensland. Individuals can be found living among the tentacles of the polyps of the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis.[2]
References
- ^ Bruce, A. J. (1992). "Two new species of Periclimenes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Lizard Island, Queensland, with notes on some related taxa". Records of the Australian Museum. 44 (1): 45–84. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.44.1992.28. ISSN 0067-1975.
- ^ Bos, A.R. & B.W. Hoeksema (2015). "Cryptobenthic fishes and co-inhabiting shrimps associated with the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis (Fungiidae) in the Davao Gulf, Philippines". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 98 (6): 1479–1489. doi:10.1007/s10641-014-0374-0.
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