Species Betaeopsis acanthops (Bruce & Iliffe, 1991)
- Hamalpheus acanthops Bruce, A.J. & Iliffe, T.M. 1991. Hamalpheus acanthops, new genus, new species, a stygiophilic alpheid shrimp from a samoan lava tube. Journal of Crustacean Biology 11(4): 583-593 figs 1-5 [584 figs 1-5].
Type data:
Holotype NTM CR.007421 ♀, Tosua-Tolesua lava tube cave located near Lotofaga village, south coast of Upolu Island, Western Samoa.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Cartier Reef, Western Samoa.
Other Regions
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
Ecological Descriptors
Cave dweller, coral reef, intertidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Collected from a shallow intertidal pool in a larva tube cave close to the sea and on sand underneath beach rock boulders.
General References
Bruce, A.J. 1993. Crustacea — Caridea. pp. 69-70, 128-131 in Russell, B.C. & Hanley, J.R. (eds). The Marine Biological Resources and Heritage Values of Cartier and Hibernia Reefs, Timor Sea. Report of the Northern Territory Museum Cartier and Hibernia Reefs Expedition, May 1992. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 180-26 pls. [130]
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Jul-2013 | 22-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 13-Jan-2012 | 13-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |