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Heterocarpus
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Heterocarpus

Heterocarpus is a genus of deep-sea shrimp, mainly of tropical areas all over the world.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Chilean nylon shrimp

speciesHeterocarpus reedi

Armed nylon shrimp

speciesHeterocarpus ensifer

Smooth nylon shrimp

speciesHeterocarpus laevigatus

Heterocarpus oryx

speciesHeterocarpus oryx

Heterocarpus hayashii

speciesHeterocarpus hayashii

Madagascar nylon shrimp

speciesHeterocarpus dorsalis

Indian nylon shrimp

speciesHeterocarpus woodmasoni

Northern nylon shrimp

speciesHeterocarpus vicarius

Scarred nylon shrimp

speciesHeterocarpus tricarinatus

Mino nylon shrimp

speciesHeterocarpus sibogae

Humpback nylon shrimp

speciesHeterocarpus gibbosus

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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 248388.