Palaemonias

Palaemonias
	Kentucky cave shrimp (Palaemonias ganteri)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Atyidae
Genus:	Palaemonias ; Hay, 1901

Last updated July 26, 2025

The genus Palaemonias comprises two species ^[1]^[2] of endangered, albinistic, obligate cave shrimp:

Alabama cave shrimp – Palaemonias alabamae Smalley, 1961
Kentucky cave shrimp – Palaemonias ganteri Hay, 1901

References

1 2 "Palaemonias Hay, 1901". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved March 28, 2011.
↑ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-03-28.

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[ITIS-1] 1 2 "Palaemonias Hay, 1901". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved March 28, 2011.

[Grave-2] Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-03-28.

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