Lepidophthalmus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Malacostraca Subfamily Callichirinae Rank Genus		Subphylum Crustacea Family Callianassidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda

Similar Decapoda, Callianassidae, Callichirus, Callianassa, Axiidea

Lepidophthalmus is a genus of ghost shrimp, containing the following species:

Lepidophthalmus bocourti (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)

Lepidophthalmus eiseni Holmes, 1904

Lepidophthalmus grandidieri (Coutière, 1899)

Lepidophthalmus jamaicense (Schmitt, 1935)

Lepidophthalmus louisianensis (Schmitt, 1935)

Lepidophthalmus manningi Feder & Staton, 2000

Lepidophthalmus rafai Felder & Manning, 1998

Lepidophthalmus richardi Felder & Manning, 1997

Lepidophthalmus rosae (Nobili, 1904)

Lepidophthalmus sinuensis Lemaitre & Rodrigues, 1991

Lepidophthalmus siriboia Felder & Rodrigues, 1993

Lepidophthalmus socotrensis Sakai & Apel, 2002

Lepidophthalmus tridentatus (Von Martens, 1868)

Lepidophthalmus turneranus (White, 1861)

Only one species is known from the fossil record: Remains attributable to the extant species Lepidophthalmus jamaicense have been found in Upper Pleistocene deposits at Port Morant Harbour in the parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica.

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Lepidophthalmus Wikipedia

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