Hippolyte chacei

Hippolyte chacei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alpheoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Caridea Superfamilia: Alpheoidea

Familia: Hippolytidae
Genus: Hippolyte
Species: Hippolyte chacei

Name

Hippolyte chacei Gan & Li, 2019

Type locality: Hongtang bay, Hainan Island, northern South China Sea.

Holotype: MBM285015, non-ovigerous female, 3.3 mm CL, Hongtang bay, Hainan Island, northern South China Sea, one to three m, Coll. Z B, Gan, March 25, 2018 (GenBank accession number of 16S rRNA gene: MK231007).

Paratypes:

• MBM285016, one male, 2.3 mm CL, same collection data as holotype (GenBank accession number of 16S rRNA gene: MK231008).
• MBM285017, two non-ovigerous female, 2.7–3.0 mm CL, Houhai bay, Hainan Island, northern South China Sea, two to three m, Coll. Z B. Gan, March 22, 2018.

Distribution: Hongtang and Houhai bays, Hainan Island, northern South China Sea.

Etymology: named after Fenner A. Chace

ZooBank: 2A219926-8CEC-4106-930A-8CF7EB14417E

References

Primary references

• Gan, Z.-B., Li, X.-Z. 2019. Recognizing two new Hippolyte species (Decapoda, Caridea, Hippolytidae) from the South China Sea based on integrative taxonomy. PeerJ. 7: e6605. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6605 Reference page.  [See p. 4-9, figs. 1-4, 5A; original description]

Links

• Hippolyte chacei in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Hippolyte chacei – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Hippolyte chacei.
• ION

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