Heptacarpus tenuissimus: The Race Rocks Taxonomy

 


A very small shrimp, not often noticed but probably common at Race Rocks.
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family
Genus Heptacarpus
Species tenuissimus
Common Name:
slender coastal shrimp

Other Members of the Phylum Arthropoda at Race Rocks 
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pearsonlogo2_f2The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.

 March October 2003-