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Guitonia troglophila Garth & Iliffe, 1992

Reduced eyes

Found in subterranean anchialine salt and brackish waters of cave.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Xanthoidea

Family
Xanthidae

Genus
Guitonia

Species
troglophila

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

  • Peck, S.B. (1994) Diversity and zoogeography of the non-oceanic Crustacea of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (excluding terrestrial Isopoda). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 54-69.

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