Biology:Alima (genus)

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Alima
Alima tetracanthura - - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBAINV0274 097 13 0016.tif
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Squillidae
Genus: Alima
Leach, 1817

Alima is a genus of shrimps belonging to the family Squillidae,[1] and was first described in 1817 by William Elford Leach.[1][2]

Leach describes the genus as

"Thorax elongate with the sides not approximating. Mouth placed towards the hinder part of the thorax."

Species

Species accepted by the World Register of Marine Species are:[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10405278 entry