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Ctenocheloides attenboroughi

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Ctenocheloides attenboroughi
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.