Metabetaeus mcphersonae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Alpheidae |
Genus: | Metabetaeus |
Species: | M. mcphersonae
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Binomial name | |
Metabetaeus mcphersonae Anker, 2010
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Metabetaeus mcphersonae is a marine species of alpheid shrimp[1] native to French Polynesia. The species has only been recorded to live in coral reef habitats off the coast of Moorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia.[2] Unlike other species within the genus, M. mcphersonae is associated exclusively with marine coral reef habitat.[2]