Metabetaeus lohena

Metabetaeus lohena
A captive specimen.

Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Alpheidae
Genus: Metabetaeus
Species:
M. lohena
Binomial name
Metabetaeus lohena
Banner & Banner, 1960

Metabetaeus lohena, also known as the alpha snapping shrimp or anchialine snapping shrimp,[1] is a species of alpheid shrimp native to Hawaii[2] and Easter Island.[3]

  1. ^ "Anchialine Snapping Shrimp". United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  2. ^ "Anchialine Ponds Anchialine Pond Shrimps" (PDF). Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (dlnr.hawaii.gov). 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  3. ^ Anker, Arthur, 2010, Metabetaeus Borradaile, 1899 revisited, with description of a new marine species from French Polynesia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae), Zootaxa 2552, pp. 37-54 : 51-53 DOI:10.5281/zenodo.6206644