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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Pandalidae pandalid shrimps

Genus: Heterocarpus

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25 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 15.3 cm TL
 
Heterocarpus affinis
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Heterocarpus alexandri
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Heterocarpus amacula
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Heterocarpus chani
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Heterocarpus cutressi
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Heterocarpus dorsalis
[Madagascar nylon shrimp]
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Max. Length 14.2 cm TL
 
Heterocarpus ensifer
[Armed nylon shrimp]
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Heterocarpus fascirostratus
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Heterocarpus gibbosus
[Humpback nylon shrimp]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Heterocarpus grimaldiiMilne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1900

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Heterocarpus grimaldii
[Grimald's nylon shrimp]
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Heterocarpus hayashi
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Heterocarpus hayashii
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Heterocarpus hostilis
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Heterocarpus intermedius
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Max. Length 18 cm TL
 
Heterocarpus laevigatus
[Smooth nylon shrimp]
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Heterocarpus lepidus
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Heterocarpus longirostris
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Heterocarpus oryx
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Heterocarpus parvispina
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Max. Length 3.9 cm CL
 
Heterocarpus reedi
[Chilean nylon shrimp]

FAO

Indo-Pacific

Heterocarpus sibogaeDe Man, 1917

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Heterocarpus sibogae
[Mino nylon shrimp]
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Heterocarpus signatus
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Heterocarpus tricarinatus
[Scarred nylon shrimp]
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Max. Length 11 cm TL
 
Heterocarpus vicarius
[Northern nylon shrimp]
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Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Heterocarpus woodmasoni
[Indian nylon shrimp]


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