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Palaemonias

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Palaemonias
Kentucky cave shrimp (Palaemonias ganteri)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Atyidae
Genus: Palaemonias
Hay, 1901 [1]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Palaemonias Hay, 1901". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  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.