Odontonia bagginsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Palaemonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Caridea Superfamilia: Palaemonoidea

Familia: Palaemonidae
Genus: Odontonia
Species: Odontonia bagginsi

Name

Odontonia bagginsi de Gier & Fransen, 2018

ZooBank: 2AF91392-9595-4D14-9F1B-C9BDB3BDB954

Holotype: 1 ovigerous female PoCL 3.4 mm (MZB Cru 4733, ex RMNH.CRUS.D.53559)

Type locality: N of Desa Rum, Tidore, Ternate, Indonesia, 0°44'35.8"N 127°23'6.3"E, 27 m depth, scuba diving, reef consisting primarily of boulders and soft corals; 4-11-2009; in solitary ascidian (Asc. 67), leg. A. Gittenberger

Etymology: named after the famous "Hobbit" family name “Baggins”, reffering to the hairy feet comparable between this species and the "Hobbit" family.

References

de Gier, W. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 2018. Odontonia plurellicola sp. n. and Odontonia bagginsi sp. n., two new ascidian-associated shrimp from Ternate and Tidore, Indonesia, with a phylogenetic reconstruction of the genus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae). ZooKeys 765: 123–160. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.765.25277. Reference page.

Links

WoRMS (2020). Odontonia bagginsi de Gier & Fransen, 2018. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258692 on 2020-05-07

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