Ctenocheloides attenboroughi

Ctenocheloides attenboroughi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Ctenochelidae
Genus:	Ctenocheloides
Species:	C. attenboroughi
Binomial name
Ctenocheloides attenboroughi Anker, 2010

Ctenocheloides attenboroughi is a species of ghost shrimp in the family Ctenochelidae. It was described in 2010 and named in honour of the British natural history broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. ^[1] It is known from a single female specimen collected in shallow water on the north-western coast of Madagascar. ^[1] The total length of the specimen is 19.8 millimetres (0.78 in), with a carapace 4.15 mm (0.163 in) long. ^[1]

Distribution

The single known specimen of Ctenocheloides was collected in 2008 from a "large, mud-cemented piece of rubble", dredged from a bay near Hell-Ville, Nosy Bé, in north-western Madagascar. The piece of rubble was lying at a depth of 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) in a bay filled with mangroves. ^[1]

See also

• List of things named after David Attenborough and his works

References

1. 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.