Halocaridina
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| Halocaridina | |
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| Halocaridina rubra | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Atyidae |
| Genus: | Halocaridina Holthuis, 1963 [1] |
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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.
[edit] References
- ^ "Halocaridina Holthuis, 1963". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=659807. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ 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. JSTOR 1548182. hdl:10088/10284.
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