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Lepidophthalmus

Lepidophthalmus
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Lepidophthalmus turneranus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Callianassidae
Subfamily: Callichirinae
Genus: Lepidophthalmus
Holmes, 1904
Type species
Lepidophthalmus eiseni
Holmes, 1904

Lepidophthalmus is a genus of ghost shrimp, containing the following species:

Only one species is known from the fossil record: Remains attributable to the extant species Lepidophthalmus jamaicense have been found in deposits at Port Morant Harbour in the parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica.



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