Lebbeus
Encyclopedia
Lebbeus is a genus
of shrimp
in the family
Hippolytidae
. It includes a species whose name was auctioned in 2009 to raise funds for conservation; Luc Longley
won with a bid of A$
3,600, and named the shrimp Lebbeus clarehanna
. The following species are included:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of shrimp
Shrimp
Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Hippolytidae
Hippolytidae
Hippolytidae is a family of cleaner shrimp, also known as broken-back shrimp or anemone shrimp. The term "broken-back shrimp" also applies to the genus Hippolyte in particular and "cleaner shrimp" is sometimes applied exclusively to Lysmata amboinensis.-Genera:There are 36 recognised genera in the...
. It includes a species whose name was auctioned in 2009 to raise funds for conservation; Luc Longley
Luc Longley
Lucien James "Luc" Longley is a retired Australian professional basketball player, who was the first Australian to play in the NBA, where he played for eleven seasons...
won with a bid of A$
Australian dollar
The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu...
3,600, and named the shrimp Lebbeus clarehanna
Lebbeus clarehanna
Lebbeus clarehanna is a species of shrimp discovered in 2005 off the southwest coast of Australia. Former NBA player Luc Longley won the rights to name the shrimp in an eBay auction. He named the shrimp after his daughter, Clare Hanna Longley, as a birthday present to her....
. The following species are included:
- Lebbeus acudactylus Jensen, 2006
- Lebbeus africanus Fransen, 1997
- Lebbeus antarcticus (Hale, 1941)
- Lebbeus balssi Hayashi, 1992
- Lebbeus bidentatus Zarenkov, 1976
- Lebbeus brandti (Bražnikov, 1907)
- Lebbeus carinatus Zarenkov, 1976 (nec de Saint Laurent, 1984)
- Lebbeus carinatus de Saint Laurent, 1984 (nec Zarenkov, 1976)
- Lebbeus catalepsis Jensen, 1987
- Lebbeus clarehannah McCallum & Poore, 2010
- Lebbeus comanthi Hayashi & Okuno, 1997
- Lebbeus compressus Holthuis, 1947a
- Lebbeus cristagalli McCallum & Poore, 2010
- Lebbeus cristatus Ahyong, 2010
- Lebbeus curvirostris Zarenkov, 1976
- Lebbeus elegans Komai, Hayashi & Kohtsuka, 2004
- Lebbeus eludus Jensen, 2006
- Lebbeus fasciatus (Kobyakova, 1936)
- Lebbeus grandimanus (Bražnikov, 1907)
- Lebbeus groenlandicus (J. C. Fabricius, 1775)
- Lebbeus heterochaelus (Kobyakova, 1936)
- Lebbeus indicus Holthuis, 1947a
- Lebbeus kuboi Hayashi, 1992
- Lebbeus laevirostris Crosnier, 1999
- Lebbeus lagunae (Schmitt, 1921)
- Lebbeus longidactylus (Kobyakova, 1936)
- Lebbeus longipes (Kobyakova, 1936)
- Lebbeus manus Komai & Collins, 2009
- Lebbeus microceros (Krøyer, 1841)
- Lebbeus miyakei Hayashi, 1992
- Lebbeus mundus Jensen, 2006
- Lebbeus nudirostris Komai & Takeda, 2004
- Lebbeus polaris (Sabine, 1824)
- Lebbeus polyacanthus Komai, Hayashi & Kohtsuka, 2004
- Lebbeus profundus (Rathbun, 1906)
- Lebbeus rubrodentatus Bruce, 2010
- Lebbeus saldanhae (Barnard, 1947)
- Lebbeus schrencki (Bražnikov, 1907)
- Lebbeus scrippsi Wicksten & G. Méndez, 1982
- Lebbeus similior Komai & Komatsu, 2009
- Lebbeus speciosus (Urita, 1942)
- Lebbeus spinirostris (Kobyakova, 1936)
- Lebbeus splendidus Wicksten & G. Méndez, 1982
- Lebbeus spongiaris Komai, 2001
- Lebbeus tosaensis Hanamura & Abe, 2003
- Lebbeus unalaskensis (Rathbun, 1902)
- Lebbeus ushakovi (Kobyakova, 1936)
- Lebbeus vicinus (Rathbun, 1902a)
- Lebbeus vinogradowi Zarenkov, 1960
- Lebbeus washingtonianus (Rathbun, 1902)
- Lebbeus wera Ahyong, 2009
- Lebbeus yaldwyni Kensley, Tranter & Griffin, 1987