Lebbeus clarehannah is a species of shrimp discovered in 2005 off the southwest coast of Western Australia. Former NBA player Luc Longley won the rights to name the shrimp in an eBay auction. He named the shrimp after his daughter, Clare Hanna Longley, as a birthday present to her.[2][3][4]

Lebbeus clarehannah
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Thoridae
Genus: Lebbeus
Species:
L. clarehannah
Binomial name
Lebbeus clarehannah
McCallum & Poore, 2010 [1]

References

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  1. ^ Anna W. McCallum & Gary C. B. Poore (2010). "Two crested and colourful new species of Lebbeus (Crustacea: Caridea: Hippolytidae) from the continental margin of Western Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2372: 126–137. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2372.1.13.
  2. ^ Bob Grant (2009). "Shrimpus eBayicus". The Scientist. 23 (12): 19.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lebbeus clarehannah McCallum & Poore, 2010". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  4. ^ "Two crested and colourful new species of Lebbeus (Crustacea: Caridea: Hippolytidae) from the continental margin of Western Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa.