Hippolyte californiensis

Hippolyte californiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Hippolytidae
Genus: Hippolyte
Species:
H. californiensis
Binomial name
Hippolyte californiensis
Holmes, 1895[1]

Hippolyte californiensis, the California green shrimp, is a species of shrimp in the family Hippolytidae. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.[2] It was first described in 1895 by the zoologist S.J. Holmes from Bodega Bay, California. Of the 32 or so species in the genus Hippolyte, it is most closely related to H. obliquimanus and H. williamsi.[3]

  1. ^ De Grave, Sammy (2010). "Hippolyte californiensis Holmes, 1895". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Hippolyte californiensis Holmes, 1895". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Terossi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).