Lepidophthalmus turneranus

Lepidophthalmus turneranus
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L. turneranus
Binomial name
Lepidophthalmus turneranus
(White, 1861)
Synonyms [1]
  • Callianassa turnerana White, 1861
  • Callianassa krukenbergi Neumann, 1878
  • Callianassa diademata Ortmann, 1891
  • Callichirus turneranus (White, 1861)

Lepidophthalmus turneranus (formerly Callianassa turnerana), the Cameroon ghost shrimp, is a species of "ghost shrimp" or "mud lobster" that lives off the coast of West Africa. It occasionally erupts into dense swarms, one of which resulted in the naming of the country Cameroon.

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