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Hippolyte bifidirostris

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Hippolyte bifidirostris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Hippolytidae
Genus: Hippolyte
Species:
H. bifidirostris
Binomial name
Hippolyte bifidirostris
(E. J. Miers, 1876)
Synonyms

Virbius bifidirostris E. J. Miers,

Hippolyte bifidirostris is a chameleon shrimp of the family Hippolytidae, found around New Zealand at depths of 18–36 metres (59–118 ft). It may also occur on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, but that record may need to be confirmed.[1]

References

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  1. ^ P. J. F. Davie, ed. (2001). "Hippolytidae". Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3A. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 251–265. ISBN 0-643-06791-4.