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Heptacarpus sitchensis
Class Malacostraca +
Common name is Sitka shrimp  +
Documentation requested false  +
Family Hippolytidae +
Genus Heptacarpus +
Order Decapoda +
Phylum Arthropoda +
Scientific name is Heptacarpus sitchensis  +
SpecificEpithet sitchensis  +
Summary The Sitka shrimp is a common intertidal spThe Sitka shrimp is a common intertidal species found in a variety of habitats. Variable in color, the common eelgrass form usually has a bright green abdomen. Specimens found in rocky areas are mainly transparent. One feature that is very common in all color forms are the fine, diagonal stripes on the sides of the carapace. ''Heptacarpus sitchensis'' is similar to and may be synonymous with [[Heptacarpus paludicola|California coastal shrimp (''Heptacarpus paludicola'')]] but differs from that species in having epipods only of the first walking leg rather than the first two. See notes under [[Heptacarpus paludicola|California coastal shrimp (''Heptacarpus paludicola'')]]. One interesting feature of the Sitka shrimp is that it has a relatively high rate of infection by the abdominal parasite ''[[Hemiarthrus abdominalis]]''. This isopod infects a wide variety of hippolytid shrimps, but is uncommon except for on ''H. sitchensis'' which may exhibit a 20% infection rate or higher.ay exhibit a 20% infection rate or higher.  +
Synonyms include Heptacarpus littoralis  + , Heptacarpus pictus  + , Heptacarpus paludicola (possible)  +
TaxonRank species  +
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Categories Marine Invertebrate  + , Species  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 11 March 2013 21:42:49  +
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