Heptacarpus is a genus of shrimps in the family Thoridae. There are more than 30 described species in the genus Heptacarpus. Most species are found in shallow water.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Heptacarpus:
- Heptacarpus acuticarinatus <small>Komai & Ivanov, 2008</small>
- Heptacarpus brachydactylus <small>(M.J.Rathbun, 1902)</small> (island coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus brevirostris <small>(Dana, 1852)</small> (stout coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus camtschaticus <small>(Stimpson, 1860)</small> (northern coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus carinatus <small>Holmes, 1900</small> (smalleye coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus commensalis <small>Hayashi, 1979</small>
- Heptacarpus decorus <small>(M.J.Rathbun, 1902)</small> (elegant coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus flexus <small>(M.J.Rathbun, 1902)</small> (slenderbeak coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus franciscanus <small>(Schmitt, 1921)</small> (Franciscan coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus fuscimaculatus <small>Wicksten, 1986</small>
- Heptacarpus futilirostris <small>(Bate, 1888)</small> (toy shrimp)
- Heptacarpus geniculatus <small>(Stimpson, 1860)</small> (flexed shrimp)
- Heptacarpus grebnitzkii <small>(Rathbun, 1902)</small>
- Heptacarpus herdmani (herdman coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus igarashii <small>Hayashi & Chiba, 1989</small>
- Heptacarpus jordani <small>(Rathbun, 1902)</small>
- Heptacarpus kincaidi <small>(M.J.Rathbun, 1902)</small> (Kincaid coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus longirostris <small>(Kobyakova, 1936)</small>
- Heptacarpus maxillipes <small>(M.J.Rathbun, 1902)</small> (Aleutian coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus minutus <small>(Yokoya, 1930)</small>
- Heptacarpus moseri <small>(M.J.Rathbun, 1902)</small> (alaska coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus palpator <small>(Owen, 1839)</small> (intertidal coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus paludicola <small>Holmes, 1900</small> (California coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus pandaloides <small>(Stimpson, 1860)</small> (tsuno shrimp)
- Heptacarpus pugettensis <small>Jensen, 1983</small> (barred shrimp)
- Heptacarpus rectirostris <small>(Stimpson, 1860)</small>
- Heptacarpus sitchensis <small>(Brandt, 1851)</small> (red-banded transparent shrimp)
- Heptacarpus stimpsoni <small>Holthuis, 1947</small> (stimpson coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus stylus <small>(Stimpson, 1864)</small> (stiletto coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus taylori <small>(Stimpson, 1857)</small> (taylor coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus tenuissimus <small>Holmes, 1900</small> (slender coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus tridens <small>(M.J.Rathbun, 1902)</small> (threespine coastal shrimp)
- Heptacarpus yaldwyni <small>Wicksten, 1984</small>
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