Heptacarpus
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| Heptacarpus | |
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| Intertidal coastal shrimp, Heptacarpus palpator | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Thoridae |
| Genus: | Heptacarpus Holmes, 1900 |
Heptacarpus is a genus of shrimps in the family Thoridae. There are more than 30 described species in the genus Heptacarpus.[1][2] Most species are found in shallow water.[3]
