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Palaemonella burnsi
Palaemonella burnsi is a species of shrimp in the family Palaemonidae, from Maui, Hawaii. This species is closest to Palaemonella lata, which it resembles in the broad scaphocerite in which the lamella overreaches the final tooth, and in the unarmed merus of the second pereiopods. It differs from P. lata in the much longer fused part of the two branches of the upper antennular flagellum, in the relatively much longer fingers and shorter palm of the second legs, in the unarmed carpus of the second legs. It is named after John A. Burns, Governor of Hawaii, for declaring the Ahiki Kinau area a nature reserve.
From the article Palaemonella burnsi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Its rostrum is high and straight. It reaches distinctly beyond the antennal peduncle and slightly beyond the scaphocerite. The upper margin possesses eight teeth. The midrib extends over the middle of the rostrum. The carapace shows a sharp antennal spine below the lower orbital angle. The first four abdominal pleura are broadly rounded, the fifth ends in a blunt angle. The sixth somite is 1.5 times longer than the fifth. The telson is elongate and triangular, ending in a narrow rounded posterior margin which bears the usual three pairs of spines. The dorsal surface of the telson bears two pairs of spines, which divide the length of the telson into three parts, the basal of which is slightly the longest, the distal slightly the shortest. The eyes are well developed, have the cornea wider than the stalk, and an ocellus is fused to the cornea. The lamella is approximately of an equal width in the distal half and does not noticeably narrow near the top. A strong external spine is present near the base of the scaphocerite. The mandible bears a distinct two-segmented palp. The incisor process ends in three strong teeth. The molar process shows several blunt knobs. The maxillula has both laciniae slender and ending in bristles and spines; the palp is distinctly bifid. All of its maxillipeds have large well developed exopods. …
Range & habitat
Palaemonella burnsi has been seen in Cape Kinau and the Kona coast of the island of Hawaii in small anchialine pools. They are not evident during the day.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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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 226856.