Latreutes fucorum

Author
(Fabricius, 1798)
Common Names
  • Slender Sargassum Shrimp

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
48 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Gulf of St. Lawrence–Yucatán
Habitat-Biology
  • rafter on flotsom
  • associated with aquatic vegetation
  • benthic
  • silt/clay
  • seagrass
Microhabitat
  • Sargassum
  • seagrass
  • burrow
References

  • Abele, L. G., and W. Kim. 1986. An Illustrated Guide to the Marine Decapod Crustaceans of Florida. State of Florida, Department of Environmental Regulation, Technical Series, Volume 8, Number 1, Parts1 & 2: 1–760.

  • Álvarez, F., J. L. Villalobos, Y. Rojas, and R. Robles. 1999. Listas y comentarios sobre los crustáceos decápodos de Veracruz, México. Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 70: 1–27.

  • Hernández-Aguilera, J. L., R. E. Toral Almazán, and J. A. Ruiz Nuño. 1996. Especies catalogadas de crustaceos estomatopodos y decapodos para el Golfo de México, Rio Bravo, Tamps. a Progreso, Yuc. Conabio, Dirección de Oceanografia, Secretaría de Marina, México.

  • Wicksten, M. K. 2005a. Decapod crustaceans of the Flower Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Gulf of Mexico Science 23: 30–37.

  • Wicksten, M. K. 2005c. 4. Hippolytid shrimps. Pp. 99–118 in J. L. Hernández-Aguilera, J. A. Ruiz-Nuño, R. E. Toral-Almazán, and V. Arenas-Fuentes eds. Camarones, Langostas y Cangrejos de la Costa Este de México, Volumen I. Econatura – CONABIO, México.

  • Williams, A. B. 1984b. Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Felder, D. L., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-11-2024.

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