Synalpheus carpenteri is a species of sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp described in 2006 from specimens collected from the Belizean Barrier Reef of the Exuma Islands, Bahamas, and the Atlantic coast of Panama.[1] Its most identifying characteristic is the faint to bright orange overall color of the body.[1] The species is named in honor of Michael Carpenter, Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.[1]

Synalpheus carpenteri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Alpheidae
Genus: Synalpheus
Species:
S. carpenteri
Binomial name
Synalpheus carpenteri
MacDonald & Duffy, 2006

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kenneth S. MacDonald III & J. Emmett Duffy (2006). "Two new species of sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp from the Belizean Barrier Reef, with a synopsis of the Synalpheus brooksi species complex" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3543): 1–22. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.656.359. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3543[1:tnsoss]2.0.co;2. S2CID 55084955.