Biology:Alima (genus)
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Short description: Genus of crustaceans
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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
- Alima hieroglyphica (Kemp, 1911)
- Alima hildebrandi (Schmitt, 1940)
- Alima maxima Ahyong, 2002
- Alima neptuni (Linnaeus, 1768)
- Alima orientalis Manning, 1978
- Alima pacifica Ahyong, 2001
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alima Leach, 1817". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136110.
- ↑ , p. 416, https://www-cambridge-org.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/core/books/narrative-of-an-expedition-to-explore-the-river-zaire-usually-called-the-congo-in-south-africa-in-1816/general-notice-of-the-animals-taken-by-mr-john-cranch-during-the-expedition/CBAA7659FDBD1C7637D5E04853CBEDE0, Wikidata Q116961550
Wikidata ☰ Q10405278 entry
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