Biology:Troglocaris
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| Genus: | Troglocaris Dormitzer, 1853
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| Palaemon anophthalmus Kollar, 1848
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Troglocaris is a genus of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae.[1] These stygobitic, whitish and eyeless shrimp are found in Southern Europe (Dinaric Alps and West Caucasus).[2] Although locally very common,[3] the small ranges of the individual species make them highly vulnerable to habitat loss, for example by water extraction.[4] Their underground habitat is often extremely stable; for example, the Vipavska jama cave in Slovenia is home to a population of T. anophthalmus, and its water only varies from 10 °C (50 °F) in the winter to 11 °C (52 °F) in the summer.[4] In some Dinaric caves, notably Vjetrenica, as many as three species may occur together.[3]
These shrimp sometimes fall prey to olm salamanders, but are able to survive injuries if the attack fails.[4] The Dinaric Troglocaris are the main host of several species of parasitic or epizoic flatworms of the family Scutariellidae (order Temnocephalida).[3]
Species
Troglocaris currently contains 15 described species, but there are also a number of undescribed species.[2][5] Gallocaris inermis, a stygobitic shrimp from southern France, was formerly included in Troglocaris.[2]
- Subgenus Troglocaris
- Troglocaris anophthalmus (Kollar, 1848)
- Troglocaris bosnica Sket & Zakšek, 2009
- Troglocaris planinensis Birštejn, 1948
- Subgenus Xiphocaridinella
- Troglocaris ablaskiri Birštejn, 1939
- Troglocaris birsteini Mugue, Zueva & Ershov, 2001
- Troglocaris fagei Birštejn, 1939
- Troglocaris jusbaschjani Birštejn, 1948
- Troglocaris kutaissiana (Sadovskij, 1930)
- Troglocaris osterloffi Juzbaš'jan, 1940
- Troglocaris otapi Marin, 2018
- Subgenus Troglocaridella
- Troglocaris hercegovinensis (Babić, 1922)
- Subgenus Spelaeocaris
- Troglocaris kapellana Sket & Zakšek, 2009
- Troglocaris neglecta Sket & Zakšek, 2009
- Troglocaris prasence Sket & Zakšek, 2009
- Troglocaris pretneri (Matjašič, 1956)
See also
- Typhlatya – the only other atyid shrimp from subterranean habitats in Europe
- Typhlocaris – the only non-atyid shrimp from subterranean habitats in Europe
References
- ↑ Sammy De Grave et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Encyclopedia of Caves (2 ed.). 2012. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-12-383832-2.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Jugovic E.; J.E. Praprotnik; V. Buzan; M. Lužnik (2015). "Estimating population size of the cave shrimp Troglocaris anophthalmus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea) using mark–release–recapture data". Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 38 (1): 77–86.
- ↑ Ivan Marin (2018). "Cryptic Diversity of Stygobiotic Shrimp Genus Xiphocaridinella Sadowsky, 1930 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae): The First Case of Species Co-occurrence in the Same Cave System in the Western Caucasus". Zootaxa 4441 (2): 201–224. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4441.2.1. PMID 30314006.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3999613 entry
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