Cuapetes lacertae

Cuapetes lacertae, previously known as Periclimenes lacertae, is a species of shrimp belonging to the family Palaemonidae.[1] Its name is due to the fact the first specimen was collected from Lizard Island: lacerta being Latin for "lizard".

Cuapetes lacertae
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C. lacertae
Binomial name
Cuapetes lacertae
Bruce, 1992

Description

Medium-sized shrimp, slender, subcylindrical body form. Approximate total length is 21 millimetres (0.83 in); carapace + rostrum 10.2 millimetres (0.40 in); major second pereiopod chela 8.8 millimetres (0.35 in); minor second pereiopod chela 6 millimetres (0.24 in).

Distribution

This species is known from Lizard Island, Queensland. Individuals can be found living among the tentacles of the polyps of the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis.[2]

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