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Heptacarpus paludicola
Class Malacostraca +
Common name is California coastal shrimp  +
Documentation requested false  +
Family Hippolytidae +
Genus Heptacarpus +
Order Decapoda +
Phylum Arthropoda +
Scientific name is Heptacarpus paludicola  +
SpecificEpithet paludicola  +
Summary Sometimes abundant in mid-intertidal to suSometimes abundant in mid-intertidal to subtidal rocky areas, the California coastal shrimp may prove to be an ecological variant of the [[Heptacarpus sitchensis|Sitka shrimp (''Heptacarpus sitchensis'')]]. The two species are very similar, with the main difference being the presence of epipods on the first two walking legs rather than on just the first as in [[Heptacarpus sitchensis|Sitka shrimp (''Heptacarpus sitchensis'')]]. Work remains to determine if this characteristic is fixed or variable in these species.tic is fixed or variable in these species.  +
TaxonRank species  +
TaxonRemarks May be a junior synonym of ''[[Heptacarpus sitchensis]]''  +
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Categories Marine Invertebrate  + , Species  +
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