Syncaris

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Syncaris
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Syncaris pacifica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Atyidae
Genus: Syncaris
Holmes, 1900
Species

Syncaris pacifica
Syncaris pasadenae

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]

References

  1. "Syncaris Holmes, 1900". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 Joel W. Martin & Mary K. Wicksten (2004). "Review and redescription of the freshwater atyid shrimp genus Syncaris Holmes, 1900, in California". Journal of Crustacean Biology . 24 (3): 447–462. doi: 10.1651/C-2451 . JSTOR   1549592.
  3. 1 2 Hedgpeth, Joel W. (1968). "The atyid shrimp of the genus Syncaris in California" . Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie. 53 (4): 511–524. doi:10.1002/iroh.19680530402.