Hippolyte catagrapha
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Hippolytidae |
| Genus: | Hippolyte |
| Species: | H. catagrapha |
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Hippolyte catagrapha d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2007 |
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The crinoid shrimp, or feather star shrimpHippolyte catagrapha, is a species of shrimp in the family Hippolytidae
Crinoid shrimps grow to up to 3 cm in total length. They are well camouflaged shrimps which live on a host crinoid, the elegant feather star, Tropiometra carinata.
These animals are found off the South African coast in False Bay and have been seen from 10 to at least 30m underwater. They are probably endemic to this area. There is evidence however, that these shrimp exist elsewhere in the world with the species recently observed in the Philippines.
These shrimps have so far only been seen in association with crinoids. They probably eat the wastes of their host.
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