Hadropenaeus lucasii
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| Hadropenaeus lucasii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | Solenoceridae |
| Genus: | Hadropenaeus |
| Species: | H. lucasii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hadropenaeus lucasii (Spence Bate, 1881) | |
Hadropenaeus lucasii, commonly known by the FAO as the trident shrimp, is a species of decapod belonging to the family Solenoceridae.[1] It is found in the Indo-West Pacific, from Madagascar to Japan as well as Indonesia and Hawaii, at a depth of 180 to 500 m (590 to 1,640 ft).[2][1]
The species was originally described as Solenocera lucasii by Charles Spence Bate in 1881, who had collected it south of New Guinea at a depth of 130 fathoms (780 ft; 240 m).[3]