Stenopus

Stenopus
Stenopus hispidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Stenopodidea
Family: Stenopodidae
Genus: Stenopus
Latreille, 1819 [1]
Type species
Palaemon hispidus
Olivier, 1811

Stenopus is a genus of swimming decapod crustaceans containing eleven species,[2] including Stenopus hispidus, a common aquarium pet. Stenopus contains the following species:[2][3]

  • Stenopus chrysexanthus Goy, 1992
  • Stenopus cyanoscelis Goy, 1984
  • Stenopus devaneyi Goy & Randall in Goy, 1984
  • Stenopus earlei Goy & Randall in Goy, 1984
  • Stenopus goyi Saito, Okuno & Chan, 2009
  • Stenopus hispidus (Olivier, 1811)
  • Stenopus pyrsonotus Goy & Devaney, 1980
  • Stenopus scutellatus Rankin, 1898
  • Stenopus spinosus Risso, 1826
  • Stenopus tenuirostris De Man, 1888
  • Stenopus zanzibaricus Bruce, 1976

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