Lysmata dispar sp. nov., a new shrimp from the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia, with notes on other species of the family Hippolytidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea)

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 8 years ago

ABSTRACT – A new species, Lysmata dispar, was found from a collection of shrimps from the Dampier Archipelago. It bears an unequal second pair of pereopods, with the carpus having more than 30 subsegments, and a comparatively long stylocerite. The combination of these characters distinguishes L. dispar immediately from all known species. A full description of this species and a list of a further eight species of seven genera of the family Hippolytidae, with short notes on three members new to Australian waters, is presented.