Gnathophyllum elegans
Appearance
Gnathophyllum elegans | |
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Gnathophyllum elegans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Palaemonidae |
Genus: | Gnathophyllum |
Species: | G. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Gnathophyllum elegans | |
Synonyms | |
Drymo elegans Risso, 1816 |
Gnathophyllum elegans is a species of shrimps found in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean. The type specimen was found near Nice, France. It is active at night.
References
[edit]- ^ Histoire naturelle des Crustacés des environs de Nice: 1-175, pls. 1-3. A Risso - Librairie Grecque-Latine-Allemande, Paris, 1816
External links
[edit]- Media related to Gnathophyllum elegans at Wikimedia Commons
- Photos of Gnathophyllum elegans on Sealife Collection