Alima neptuni explained

Alima neptuni is a species of shrimp in the Squillidae family, and was first described in 1768 by Carl Linnaeus as Cancer neptuni.^{[1] [2]}

It is found in all tropical seas with the exception of the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1768 by Linnaeus as Cancer neptuni. It was redescribed in 1893 by Robert Payne Bigelow as Squilla alba.^[3] In 1986 Raymond Manning and Chanan Lewinsohn^[4] assigned it to the genus Alima with the species name Alima neptuni, and synonymised A alba, and A. hyalina and various other shrimps with A. neptuni. In 1998 Joseph Poupin described it as Alima alba.^[5] The most recent description (as A. neptuni) was in 2002 by Shane Ahyong.^[6]

External links

• Alima neptuni occurrence data from GBIF

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alima neptuni (Linnaeus, 1768) . 2023-03-02 . www.marinespecies.org . en.
2. Linnaeus, C. . 1768. Dissertatio academica sistens Iter. Chinam, Cons. Exper. Fac. Med. Ups. Moderante Viro Generosissimo D:no. Car. v. Linné. Publico examini submissa ab Andrea Sparrman Uplando. In Auditorio Carol. Maj. d. xxx. Nov. Anni MDCCLXVIII. Upsaliae. H. A. M. S. Joh. Edman .
3. Web site: Alima neptuni - Plazi TreatmentBank . 2023-03-02 . treatment.plazi.org . en.
4. Manning, R. B., & Lewinsohn, C. . 1986 . Notes on some stomatopod crustacea from the Sinai Peninsula, Red Sea. 433. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . 13.
5. Poupin . Joseph . Plancton Marin CRUSTACEA DECAPODA AND STROMATOPODA OF FRENCH POLYNESIA . 1998 . 37 . en . 2023-03-03.
6. 362.