Periclimenes batei

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Periclimenes batei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Periclimenes
Species:
P. batei
Binomial name
Periclimenes batei
Borradaile, 1888

Periclimenes batei is a species of shrimp found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. [1] It was first named by L. A. Borradaile in 1888, [1] in commemoration of Charles Spence Bate who wrote the section on shrimp in the reports of the Challenger expedition. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2009). "Periclimenes batei (Borradaile, 1888)". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  2. Hans G. Hansson. "Charles Spence Bate". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Göteborgs Universitet. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2010.