Lebbeus clarehanna

Lebbeus clarehanna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Hippolytidae
Genus: Lebbeus
Species: L. clarehanna
Binomial name
Lebbeus clarehanna
McCallum & Poore, 2010 [1]

Lebbeus clarehanna is a species of shrimp discovered in 2005 off the southwest coast of 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]

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