Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Zostera Shrimp
Description
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Family Hippolytidae
Rostrum present; eyes not covered dorsally by the carapace.
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -864 meters (-2,835 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
()
- (Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass:
Crustacea
()
- Pennant, 1777
- Crustaceans
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
()
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
()
- Grobben, 1892
- Superorder:
Eucarida
()
- Calman, 1904
- Order:
Decapoda
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Decapods
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
()
- Burkenroad, 1963
- Infraorder:
Caridea
()
- Dana, 1852
- Caridean and Procaridean Shrimps
- Superfamily:
Alpheoidea
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Hippolytidae
()
- Dana, 1852
- Broken-back Shrimp
- Genus:
Hippolyte
()
- Leach, 1814
- Specific name:
zostericola
- (S. I. Smith, 1873)
- Scientific name: - Hippolyte zostericola (S. I. Smith, 1873)
- Specific name:
zostericola
- (S. I. Smith, 1873)
- Genus:
Hippolyte
(
- Family:
Hippolytidae
(
- Superfamily:
Alpheoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Caridea
(
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
(
- Order:
Decapoda
(
- Superorder:
Eucarida
(
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
(
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
(
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Smith S. I. Report of the entomologist. The prionus
apple-tree and grape-vine borer
(Prionus brevicornis Fabricius)
6th Report of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture (1872-73): 346-348.,
1873.
Last scrutiny: 12-Jan-2005
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Hippolyte
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. californiensis (California Green Shrimp) · H. clarki (Kelp Humpback Shrimp) · H. coerulescens (Cerulean Sargassum Shrimp) · H. pleuracanthus (False Zostera Shrimp) · H. zostericola (Zostera Shrimp)
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Further Reading
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- A biological survey of the waters of Woods Hole and vicinity / By Francis B. Sumner, Raymond C. Osburn, and Leon J. Cole. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1913 url p. 139, p. 141, p. 664, p. 846.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 563.
- Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 141.
- Bulletin, Gulf Biologic Station, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Board of Agriculture and Immigration., 1902-1910. url p. 22.
- Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico estuaries / project team, David M. Nelson (editor). .. [et al.]. Rockville, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, [1992]-[1997] url p. 298.
- Fauna of New England. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund, 1904-25. url p. 2.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 589.
- Fishery bulletin. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, The Service, U.S. Govt Print. Off. url p. 81, p. 82.
- Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 40.
- Guide to the marine isopod crustaceans of the Caribbean / Brian Kensley and Marilyn Schotte. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, c1989. url p. 110.
- Keys to marine invertebrates of the Woods Hole region: a manual for the identification of the more common marine invertebrates / compiled by Ralph I. Smith with the assistance of many other contributors. Woods Hole, Mass.: Systematics-Ecology Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, 1964. url p. 117, p. 121.
- Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States, Crustacea: Decapoda / Austin B. Williams. Seattle: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service; 1974. url p. 40.
- Monographs on the Isopods of North America / by Harriet Richards. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1905. url p. 563, p. 564.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url , , p. 107, p. 1270, p. 209, p. 644, p. 645.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 72, p. 978.
- Seasonal distribution of the plankton of the Woods Hole region. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O, 1925. url p. 157, p. 159.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 264.
- [A biological survey of the waters of Woods Hole and vicinity. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1913] url p. 141.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 06, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 06, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: A Biological Survey of the Waters of Woods Hole and Vacinity
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: EPA'S EMAP Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NBI
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2706215
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-96751
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14088653
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 96751
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 522658
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 1,248.570 based on 112 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
