Lucifer (prawn)
| Lucifer | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Superfamily: | Sergestoidea |
| Family: | Luciferidae De Haan, 1849 |
| Genus: | Lucifer J. V. Thompson, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Lucifer typus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 [1] | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
|
Leucifer | |
Lucifer is a little-known and degenerate genus of prawns, the only genus in the family Luciferidae.[3] Lucifer has a long body, but many fewer appendages than other prawns, with only three pairs of pereiopods remaining, all without claws. It also bears no gills.[4] The females, uniquely among prawns, carry the fertilised eggs on her pleopods until they are ready to hatch. This parallels the development of a similar system in pleocyemates, although the attachment is less strong in Lucifer.[4] The length of the eye-stalks and the form of the petasma are used in distinguishing the eight species from each other. Seven species are recognised:[1]
- Lucifer chacei Bowman, 1967
- Lucifer faxoni Borradaile, 1915
- Lucifer hanseni Nobili, 1905
- Lucifer intermedius Hansen, 1919
- Lucifer orientalis Hansen, 1919
- Lucifer penicillifer Hansen, 1919
- Lucifer typus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
References
- 1 2 Michael Türkay (2009). "Lucifer Thompson, 1829". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
- ↑ Thomas E. Bowman & Lipke B. Holthuis. "Lucifer or Leucifer: which spelling is correct?" (PDF). Crustaceana 14: 216–217. doi:10.1163/156854068x00638.
- ↑ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
- 1 2 Gary C. B. Poore & Shane T. Ahyong (2004). Marine decapod Crustacea of southern Australia: a guide to identification. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-643-06906-0.
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