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Trachycaris restricta (A.Milne-Edwards, 1878)

camaron, Shrimp

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Alpheoidea

Family
Hippolytidae

Genus
Trachycaris

Species
restricta

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Wicksten, M.K. (1991) Caridean and stenopodid shrimp of the Galápagos Islands. In: M.J. James (ed): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates; Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin´s Islands. Plenum Press, New York, London, p. 147-156.

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