Lebbeus clarehanna
Encyclopedia
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.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
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...
discovered in 2005 off the southwest coast of Australia. Former NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player 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 the rights to name the shrimp in an eBay
EBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
auction. He named the shrimp after his daughter, Clare Hanna Longley, as a birthday present to her.