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Harpiliopsis
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Harpiliopsis

Harpiliopsis, meaning "harp-like form," is a genus of small shrimp belonging to the family Palaemonidae. They're known as flattened coral shrimp due to their laterally compressed bodies, adapted for life in coral reefs and crevices.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Flattened Coral Shrimp

speciesHarpiliopsis depressa

Harpiliopsis spinigera

speciesHarpiliopsis spinigera

Harpiliopsis beaupresii

speciesHarpiliopsis beaupresii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121256.