Lightiella serendipita Jones, 1961
San Francisco horseshoe shrimp
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1988
Rediscoverd in 2017
Distribution
San Francisco Bay, Brooks Island, California, USA
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Jones, Meredith L. (1961). Lightiella serendipita gen. nov., sp. nov., a Cephalocarid from San Francisco Bay, California. Crustaceana 3(1): 31-46. [Abstract]
Other references:
Garcia, Crystal et al. (2020). Rediscovery of the horseshoe shrimp Lightiella serendipita Jones, 1961 (Cephalocarida: Hutchinsoniellidae) in San Francisco Bay, California, USA, with a key to the worldwide species of Cephalocarida. Journal of Crustacean Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa044