species: Cuapetes sp. in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Cuapetes sp.


©Anne Hoggett: Cuapetes sp. in a cave on the reef slope near South Island, Lizard Island Group.

©Anne Hoggett: Cuapetes sp. in a cave on the reef slope near South Island, Lizard Island Group.

©Anne Hoggett: Cuapetes sp. in a shallow cavern at North Point, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Palaemonidae
Genus Cuapetes
Species Cuapetes sp.

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Distinguishing features

Genus-level id is based on similarity to photos of Cuapetes provided by Humann and Deloach (2010), especially Cuapetes tenuipes and Cuapetes sp 7. Many species of Cuapetes have been recorded from Lizard Island. This is a free-living species, not known to associate with other organisms.

The two individuals photographed here differ in colour and proportions of the clawed appendages. Normal variation? Different sexes? Different species?

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Humann, P. and N. Deloach (2010). Reef Creature Identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, USA.