Cyzicus (crustacean)
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Genus: | Cyzicus Audouin, 1837
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Cyzicus is a genus of clam shrimp in the family Cyzicidae. Identified by Jean Victoire Audouin in 1837, the genus was reidentified as Caenestheriella by Eugen von Daday in 1910.[1]
There are seven species in the genus:[1]
- Cyzicus belfragei (Packard, 1871) – Belfrage clam shrimp
- Cyzicus californicus (Packard, 1883) – California clam shrimp
- Cyzicus elongatus (Mattox, 1957 – elongate clam shrimp
- Cyzicus gynecia (Mattox, 1949) – Mattox clam shrimp
- Cyzicus mexicanus (Claus, 1860) – Mexican clam shrimp
- Cyzicus morsei (Packard, 1883) – Morse clam shrimp
- Cyzicus setosa (Pearse, 1912) – setose clam shrimp
References
- ^ a b "Cyzicus Audouin, 1837". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 April 2013.