Troglocaris

Troglocaris
Troglocaris anophthalmus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Atyidae
Genus: Troglocaris
Dormitzer, 1853
Type species
Palaemon anophthalmus
Kollar, 1848

Troglocaris is a genus of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae.[1] It contains the following species, as well as a number of undescribed species:[2]

Subgenus Troglocaris
Subgenus Xiphocaridinella
Subgenus Troglocaridella
Subgenus Spelaeocaris

References

  1. Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
  2. Boris Sket & Valerija Zakšek (2009). "European cave shrimp species (Decapoda: Caridea: Atyidae), redefined after a phylogenetic study; redefinition of some taxa, a new genus and four new Troglocaris species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (4): 786–818. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00473.x.

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