| Ctenocheloides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Ctenochelidae |
| Genus: | Ctenocheloides Anker, 2010 |
Ctenocheloides is a genus of ghost shrimp in the family Ctenochelidae. Its first species, C. attenboroughi, was described in 2010 and named in honour of the British natural history broadcaster Sir David Attenborough.[1]
It contains the following species:[2]
- Ctenocheloides almeidai Anker & Pachelle, 2013
- Ctenocheloides attenboroughi Anker, 2010
- Ctenocheloides boucheti Poore, 2015
- ^ Arthur Anker (2010). "Ctenocheloides attenboroughi n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea: Ctenochelidae), a new ghost shrimp with pectinate claw fingers from Madagascar". Journal of Natural History. 44 (29–30): 1789–1805. doi:10.1080/00222931003633219. S2CID 83612409.
- ^ De Grave, Sammy (8 August 2020). "Ctenocheloides Anker, 2010". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 October 2024.