Metabetaeus mcphersonae

Metabetaeus mcphersonae
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. mcphersonae
Binomial name
Metabetaeus mcphersonae
Anker, 2010

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]

  1. ^ "Metabetaeus mcphersonae Anker, 2010". World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  2. ^ a b "Metabetaeus mcphersonae, Anker, Arthur, 2010". Plazi Plazi.org. 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-20.