| Metabetaeus mcphersonae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Alpheidae |
| Genus: | Metabetaeus |
| Species: | M. mcphersonae |
| Binomial name | |
| Metabetaeus mcphersonae Anker, 2010 | |
Metabetaeus mcphersonae is a marine species of alpheid shrimp [1] native to French Polynesia. The species has only been recorded to live in coral reef habitats off the coast of Moorea of the Society Islands, French Polynesia. [2] Unlike other species within the genus, M. mcphersonae is associated exclusively with coral reef habitat. [2]