Ctenocheloides attenboroughi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Ctenochelidae |
Genus: | Ctenocheloides |
Species: | C. attenboroughi
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Binomial name | |
Ctenocheloides attenboroughi Anker, 2010
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Ctenocheloides attenboroughi is a species of ghost shrimp in the family Ctenochelidae. It was described in 2010 and named in honour of the British natural history broadcaster Sir David Attenborough.[1] It is known from a single female specimen collected in shallow water on the north-western coast of Madagascar.[1] The total length of the specimen is 19.8 millimetres (0.78 in), with a carapace 4.15 mm (0.163 in) long.[1]