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Heptacarpus stylus (Stiletto Shrimp)
Scientific name: Heptacarpus stylus

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Arthropoda → Subphylum Crustacea → Superclass Multicrustacea → Class Malacostraca → Subclass Eumalacostraca → Superorder Eucarida → Order Decapoda → Suborder Pleocyemata → Infraorder Caridea → Superfamily Alpheoidea → Family Thoridae → Genus Heptacarpus

Common name: Stiletto Shrimp
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesShrimps

May also be Heptacarpus franciscanus. Description of species is very similar. Range of H. stylus may be more northern?

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Heptacarpus stylus (Stiletto Shrimp)
Heptacarpus stylus (Stiletto Shrimp)
Heptacarpus stylus (Stiletto Shrimp)
Heptacarpus stylus (Stiletto Shrimp)
Heptacarpus stylus (Stiletto Shrimp)
Heptacarpus stylus (Stiletto Shrimp)
Heptacarpus stylus (Stiletto Shrimp)
Heptacarpus stylus (Stiletto Shrimp)
Heptacarpus stylus (Stiletto Shrimp)
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