Lysmata rafa, a new species of peppermint shrimp (Crustacea, Caridea, Hippolytidae) from the subtropical western Atlantic

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 291-296

  Rhyne, Andrew L ^a,c   Anker, Arthur ^b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^b Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales (STRI)   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caridea; Color pattern; Florida; Hippolytidae; Lysmata; New species; Peppermint shrimp; Western Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DENTITION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

BISCAYNE BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARIDEA; CRUSTACEA; DACTYLUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HIPPOLYTIDAE; LYSMATA; LYSMATA RATHBUNAE; LYSMATA WURDEMANNI; MENTHA X PIPERITA;

EID: 36648998588     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-007-0077-4     Document Type: Article

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