Biology:Aegaeon (shrimp)

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Aegaeon
Temporal range: 0.012–0 Ma[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Crangonidae
Genus: Aegaeon
Agassiz, 1846
Type species
Cancer cataphractus
Olivi, 1792

Aegaeon is a genus of shrimp in the family Crangonidae,[2] with species living in waters from 6 to 1413 meters deep.[3]

Species

There are five species in Aegaeon:[2]

  • Aegaeon boschii Christoffersen, 1988
  • Aegaeon cataphractus (Olivi, 1792)
  • Aegaeon lacazei (Gourret, 1887)
  • Aegaeon orientalis Henderson, 1893
  • Aegaeon rathbuni de Man, 1918

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15144788 entry