Syncaris | |
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Syncaris pacifica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Atyidae |
Genus: | Syncaris Holmes, 1900 |
Species | |
Syncaris is a genus of shrimp, containing only two species: the endangered California freshwater shrimp, Syncaris pacifica , and the extinct Pasadena freshwater shrimp, Syncaris pasadenae . [1] [2] This genus is one of only two genera of freshwater Atyid shrimp found in North America, with the other being the genus Palaemonias , which contains two endangered, cave-dwelling shrimp species. [3] The genus Syncaris may have arisen during the Mesozoic, with the family Atyidae likely being of Jurassic origin. [2] [3]