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Talk:Callichirus major

A fact from Callichirus major appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 June 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that vestigial organs in the Brazilian Callichirus major population (example species pictured) suggest Callichirus may be the only crustacean genus with basal, yet not universal, hermaphroditism? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Callichirus major.

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The result was: promotedbyYoninah (talk) 15:21, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

An exemplary of C. brasiliensis, a species in the C. major complex

• ... that vestigial organs in Brazilian Callichirus major population have suggested Callichirus to be the only crustacean genus with basal, yet not universal, hermaphroditism?
  • ALT1:... that the Callichirus major ghost shrimp has been endangered due to its extraction for living fishing bait?
  • ALT2:... that the Callichirus major ghost shrimp taxon, originally thought to denote a single species, was discovered to include at least four?

Created by Leefeni de Karik (talk). Self-nominated at 18:50, 19 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

• @Leefeni de Karik: ghost shrimp is a disambiguation page. Could you replace the references in the ALT hooks with the correct link? Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:09, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  @Hawkeye7:  Done. Leefeni^{aures audiendi audiat} 22:32, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Overall: Main, ALT1 and AL2 all okay - I prefer the main hook Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:11, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So how big is this beast? --''Paul, in Saudi'' (talk) 02:46, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I set up the speciesbox (after doing the higher taxonomy) this morning. The rank "species_complex" doesn't register - so I substituted subgenus - but this probably isn't quite right ... suggestions? Roy Bateman (talk) 13:26, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]