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Palaemon antrorum

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Palaemonetes antrorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Palaemonidae
Genus:
Palaemonetes
Species:
P. antrorum
Binomial name
Palaemonetes antrorum
J. E. Benedict, 1896

Palaemonetes antrorum, also known as the Balcones cave shrimp and the Texas cave shrimp, is a species of palaemonid shrimp endemic to Texas.[2] It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List,[1] and as a Species of Concern by the United States Endangered Species Act.[2]

The species' type locality is an artesian well on what is now the campus of Texas State University–San Marcos in San Marcos, Texas.[3] It has also been reported from Edwards Aquifer west to Uvalde County.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Palaemonetes antrorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved October 19, 2010. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  2. ^ a b "Texas cave shrimp (Palaemonetes antrorum) species profile". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. October 19, 2010.
  3. ^ a b James Thomas Collins (1998). A phylogenetic study of the shrimp genus Palaemonetes Heller, 1869 from North America (Crustacea: Decapoda) (PDF) (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). Texas Tech University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-10-19.

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