Ctenocheloides

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Ctenocheloides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Ctenochelidae
Genus: Ctenocheloides
Anker, 2010

Ctenocheloides is a genus of ghost shrimp in the family Ctenochelidae. Its first species, C. attenboroughi, was described in 2010 and named in honour of the British natural history broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. [1]

Contents

It contains the following species: [2]

Description

Ctenocheloides resembles the genus Ctenocheles , as reflected in the name of the genus, both genera having pectinate (comb-like) fingers to the chelae (claws). Ctenocheloides differs from Ctenocheles in having no rostrum, having well-developed eyes, and in having shorter, fatter claws. [1]

Taxonomy

The genus Ctenocheloides and its first species, C. attenboroughi, were described in 2010 by Arthur Anker, in a paper in the Journal of Natural History . The genus name reflects the close relationship of the genus to Ctenocheles, while the specific epithet "attenboroughi" commemorates the British natural history broadcaster David Attenborough. [1] It was originally placed in the family Ctenochelidae, [1] which was later reduced to a subfamily of a broader Callianassidae. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Arthur Anker (2010). "Ctenocheloides attenboroughi n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea: Ctenochelidae), a new ghost shrimp with pectinate claw fingers from Madagascar". Journal of Natural History . 44 (29–30): 1789–1805. doi:10.1080/00222931003633219. S2CID   83612409.
  2. 1 2 De Grave, Sammy (8 August 2020). "Ctenocheloides Anker, 2010". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 13 October 2024.
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