''Aegaeon'' is a genus of
shrimp
Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...
in the family
Crangonidae,
with species living in waters from 6 to 1413 meters deep.
Species
There are five species in ''Aegaeon'':
[
* '']Aegaeon boschii Aegaeon ( grc-gre, Αἰγαίων, Aigaíōn, goatish", "stormy", " Aegean, link=no) may refer to:
*Aegaeon (moon), Saturn
*Aegaeon (mythology), in Greek mythology
**A son of Lycaon
**One of the Gigantes
**One of the Hecatonchires
In Greek mytho ...
'' Christoffersen, 1988
* ''Aegaeon cataphractus Aegaeon ( grc-gre, Αἰγαίων, Aigaíōn, goatish", "stormy", " Aegean, link=no) may refer to:
*Aegaeon (moon), Saturn
*Aegaeon (mythology), in Greek mythology
**A son of Lycaon
**One of the Gigantes
**One of the Hecatonchires
In Greek mytho ...
'' (Olivi, 1792)
* ''Aegaeon lacazei Aegaeon ( grc-gre, Αἰγαίων, Aigaíōn, goatish", "stormy", " Aegean, link=no) may refer to:
*Aegaeon (moon), Saturn
*Aegaeon (mythology), in Greek mythology
**A son of Lycaon
**One of the Gigantes
**One of the Hecatonchires
In Greek mytho ...
'' (Gourret, 1887)
* ''Aegaeon orientalis Aegaeon ( grc-gre, Αἰγαίων, Aigaíōn, goatish", "stormy", " Aegean, link=no) may refer to:
*Aegaeon (moon), Saturn
*Aegaeon (mythology), in Greek mythology
**A son of Lycaon
**One of the Gigantes
**One of the Hecatonchires
In Greek mytho ...
'' Henderson, 1893
* ''Aegaeon rathbuni Aegaeon ( grc-gre, Αἰγαίων, Aigaíōn, goatish", "stormy", " Aegean, link=no) may refer to:
*Aegaeon (moon), Saturn
*Aegaeon (mythology), in Greek mythology
**A son of Lycaon
**One of the Gigantes
**One of the Hecatonchires
In Greek mytho ...
'' de Man, 1918
References
Decapod genera
Taxa named by Louis Agassiz
Crangonidae
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