Vetericaris

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Vetericaris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Procarididae
Genus: Vetericaris
Kensley & Williams, 1986 [2]
Type species
Vetericaris chaceorum [2]
Kensley & Williams, 1986

Vetericaris is a genus of procarididean shrimp in the family Procarididae that lives in Hawaiian anchialine pools [1] and contains one species, Vetericaris chaceorum [2] , which was listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in 2013. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Anchialine pool shrimp (Vetericaris chaceorum)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Vetericaris Kensley & Williams, 1986". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 19 September 2025.
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