Palaemon hancocki

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Palaemon hancocki
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Palaemonidae
Genus: Palaemon
Species:
P. hancocki
Binomial name
Palaemon hancocki
Holthuis, 1950

Palaemon hancocki is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. [1]

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References

  1. "Palaemon hancocki Holthuis, 1950". WoRMS. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2017.