A new species of the hippolytid shrimp genus Lebbeus White, 1847 from Sagami-nada Sea, Central Japan, and further records of two little-known species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea

Abstract A new species of the hippolytid shrimp genus Lebbeus White, 1847, L. lamina, is described and illustrated on the basis of a heterosexual pair of specimens from off Miyake Island, Izu Islands, central Japan, at depths of 1988–2007 m. It is referred to the species group characterized by the p...

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Main Author: Tomoyuki Komai
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.651.654
http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/38844/38844.pdf
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Summary:Abstract A new species of the hippolytid shrimp genus Lebbeus White, 1847, L. lamina, is described and illustrated on the basis of a heterosexual pair of specimens from off Miyake Island, Izu Islands, central Japan, at depths of 1988–2007 m. It is referred to the species group characterized by the possession of epipods on the third maxilliped to third pereopods, and appears closest to L. antarcticus (Hale, 1941), L.