Procaris ascensionis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Procarididae
Genus: Procaris
Species:
P. ascensionis
Binomial name
Procaris ascensionis

Procaris ascensionis is a species of shrimp, known only from two saltwater pools on Ascension Island; the larger of the two pools is about 4.5 metres (15 ft) in diameter and contains 45 centimetres (18 in) of water.[2]

References

  1. Fenner A. Chace Jr. & Raymond B. Manning (1972). "Two New Caridean Shrimps, One Representing a New Family, from Marine Pools on Ascension Island (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 131: 18 pp. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.131. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 September 2023.
  2. "Endemic predatory shrimp (Procaris ascensionis)". ARKive. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2010.


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