Stenopus

Stenopus is a genus of swimming decapod crustaceans containing eleven species,[2] including Stenopus hispidus, a common aquarium pet. Stenopus contains the following species:[2][3]

• Stenopus chrysexanthus Goy, 1992
• Stenopus cyanoscelis Goy, 1984
• Stenopus devaneyi Goy & Randall in Goy, 1984
• Stenopus earlei Goy & Randall in Goy, 1984
• Stenopus goyi Saito, Okuno & Chan, 2009
• Stenopus hispidus (Olivier, 1811)
• Stenopus pyrsonotus Goy & Devaney, 1980
• Stenopus scutellatus Rankin, 1898
• Stenopus spinosus Risso, 1826
• Stenopus tenuirostris De Man, 1888
• Stenopus zanzibaricus Bruce, 1976

Stenopus
Stenopus hispidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Stenopodidea
Family:	Stenopodidae
Genus:	Stenopus Latreille, 1819 [1]
Type species
Palaemon hispidus Olivier, 1811

References

1. "Stenopus Latreille, 1819". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
2. Tomomi Saito, Junji Okuno & Tin-Yam Chan (2009). "New species of Stenopus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Stenopodidae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a redefinition of the genus" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 20: 109–120.
3. Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay (2010). "Stenopus Latreille, 1819". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 3, 2011.