Common name of Rhynchocinetes rathbunae
 
Common Name Rathbun's hinge beaked shrimp
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Hawaii
Locality
Ref. Meadows, D.W. and A. Kane, 2006
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier morphology
2nd Modifier person (eponym)
Remarks 'shrimp' from Old Norse 'skorpna', i.e., 'to shrivel up'; 'hinge' from Middle English 'heng' probably related to Middle Dutch 'henge', i.e., hook; beak from Latin 'beccus', like the beak of a bird.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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