Acutigebia danai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Upogebiidae
Genus: Acutigebia
Species:
A. danai
Binomial name
Acutigebia danai
(Miers, 1876) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gebia danai Miers, 1876
  • Upogebia danai (Miers, 1876)

Acutigebia danai is a mud shrimp of the family Upogebiidae, endemic to the coastal waters of New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands.

Distribution

It has been recorded from the Bay of Islands, Stewart Island, the Kaikoura Peninsula, Cook Strait, Hauraki Gulf, Opoulu, Kaipara Harbour, the Kermadec Islands.[2]

Taxonomy

Adam White described Upogebia hirtifrons in 1847 based on specimens collected during an Antarctic expedition. Later, James Dwight Dana examined material from Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and incorrectly assigned them to White's species.[3] However, Edward J. Miers recognized that the two were distinct species and described the New Zealand species as Gebia danai, honoring Dana in the specific epithet. It is now known that both species occur in New Zealand.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Gary Poore (2010). "Acutigebia danai (Miers, 1876)". World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ↑ Katsushi Sakai (2006). "Upogebiidae of the world (Decapoda, Thalassinidea)" (PDF). Crustaceana Monographs. 6: 1–185.
  3. 1 2 Charles Chilton (1906). "Notes on the Callianassidæ of New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 39: 456–464.
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