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Faxon's lucifer prawn

Belzebub faxoni

Classification

Belzebub faxoni, formerly known as Lucifer faxoni and now widely known as "Lucifer shrimp" or "Faxon's lucifer prawn", is a species of short-lived, predatory, planktonic shrimp commonly found in the neretic waters of the coastal Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy Originally described in 1915 by English zoologist Lancelot Alexander Borradaile, Belzebub faxoni were originally classified under the genus Lucifer, being given the name Lucifer faxoni. Following a phylogenic analysis of the family Luciferidae, morphological differences were revealed within the family that resulted in the creation of the…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 3Brazil · 1