Typhlocaris

Typhlocaris is a genus of blind cave-dwelling shrimp,[1] placed in its own family, Typhlocarididae. It contains 4 species:[1][2][3]

Typhlocaris
T. galilea (male). Plate from Calman, 1909
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Palaemonoidea (?)
Family: Typhlocarididae
Annandale & Kemp, 1913
Genus: Typhlocaris
Calman, 1909
Type species
Typhlocaris galilea
Calman, 1909

References

  1. M. Tsurnamal (2008). "A new species of the stygobiotic blind prawn Typhlocaris Calman, 1909 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae, Typhlocaridinae) from Israel". Crustaceana. 81 (4): 487–501. doi:10.1163/156854008783797534.
  2. M. Tsurnamal (1978). "The biology and ecology of the blind prawn, Typhlocaris galilea Calman (Decapoda, Caridea)". Crustaceana. 34 (2): 195–213. doi:10.1163/156854078X00736. JSTOR 20103268.
  3. W. T. Calman (1909). "On a blind Prawn from the Sea of Galilee (Typhlocaris galilea, g. et sp. n.)". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd ser., Zoology. 11 (5): 93–97. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1909.tb00194.x.


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