Biology:Halocaridina

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Halocaridina
Halocaridina rubra-Opae ula.jpg
Halocaridina rubra
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
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. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=659807. 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. 

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