Halocaridina

Halocaridina
Halocaridina rubra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Atyidae
Genus: Halocaridina
Holthuis, 1963 [1]
Species
  • H. palahemo Kensley & D. Williams, 1986
  • H. rubra Holthuis, 1963

Halocaridina is a genus of atyid shrimp. It contains two species – Halocaridina rubra and Halocaridina palahemo – both endemic to Hawaii.[2] H. rubra is widely kept in aquaria.

References

  1. "Halocaridina Holthuis, 1963". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  2. Brian Kensley and Dennis Williams (1986). "New shrimps (families Procarididae and Atyidae) from a submerged lava tube on Hawaii". Journal of Crustacean Biology 6 (3): 417–437. doi:10.2307/1548182. JSTOR 1548182. hdl:10088/10284.
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