Heptacarpus

Heptacarpus is a genus of shrimps in the family Thoridae. There are more than 30 described species in Heptacarpus.[1][2][3]

Heptacarpus
Intertidal coastal shrimp, Heptacarpus palpator
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Thoridae
Genus:	Heptacarpus Holmes, 1900

Species

These 38 species belong to the genus Heptacarpus:

• Heptacarpus acuticarinatus Komai & Ivanov, 2008
• Heptacarpus brachydactylus (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (island coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus brevirostris (Dana, 1852) (stout coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus camtschaticus (Stimpson, 1860) (northern coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus carinatus Holmes, 1900 (smalleye coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus commensalis Hayashi, 1979
• Heptacarpus cristata
• Heptacarpus decorus (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (elegant coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus flexus (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (slenderbeak coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus franciscanus (Schmitt, 1921) (Franciscan coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus fuscimaculatus Wicksten, 1986
• Heptacarpus futilirostris (Bate, 1888) (toy shrimp)
• Heptacarpus geniculatus (Stimpson, 1860) (flexed shrimp)
• Heptacarpus grebnitzkii (Rathbun, 1902)
• Heptacarpus herdmani (herdman coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus igarashii Hayashi & Chiba, 1989
• Heptacarpus jordani (Rathbun, 1902)
• Heptacarpus kincaidi (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (Kincaid coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus layi (Owen, 1839)
• Heptacarpus littoralis Butler, 1980 (bigeye coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus longirostris (Kobyakova, 1936)
• Heptacarpus maxillipes (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (Aleutian coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus minutus (Yokoya, 1930)
• Heptacarpus moseri (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (alaska coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus palpator (Owen, 1839) (intertidal coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus paludicola Holmes, 1900 (California coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus pandaloides (Stimpson, 1860) (tsuno shrimp)
• Heptacarpus pictus (Stimpson, 1871) (redbanded clear shrimp)
• Heptacarpus pugettensis Jensen, 1983 (barred shrimp)
• Heptacarpus rectirostris (Stimpson, 1860)
• Heptacarpus sitchensis (Brandt, 1851) (red-banded transparent shrimp)
• Heptacarpus spina
• Heptacarpus stimpsoni Holthuis, 1947 (stimpson coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus stylus (Stimpson, 1864) (stiletto coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus taylori (Stimpson, 1857) (taylor coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus tenuissimus Holmes, 1900 (slender coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus tridens (M.J.Rathbun, 1902) (threespine coastal shrimp)
• Heptacarpus yaldwyni Wicksten, 1984

References

1. "Heptacarpus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
2. "Heptacarpus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
3. "WoRMS taxon details, Heptacarpus Holmes, 1900". WoRMS, World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2020-03-18.

Further reading

• Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X.