Typhlocaris is a genus of blind cave-dwelling shrimp,[1] placed in its own family, Typhlocarididae. It contains 4 species:[1][2][3]

Typhlocaris
T. galilea (male). Plate from Calman, 1909
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Palaemonoidea (?)
Family: Typhlocarididae
Annandale & Kemp, 1913
Genus: Typhlocaris
Calman, 1909
Type species
Typhlocaris galilea
Calman, 1909

References edit

  1. ^ a b M. Tsurnamal (2008). "A new species of the stygobiotic blind prawn Typhlocaris Calman, 1909 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae, Typhlocaridinae) from Israel". Crustaceana. 81 (4): 487–501. doi:10.1163/156854008783797534.
  2. ^ M. Tsurnamal (1978). "The biology and ecology of the blind prawn, Typhlocaris galilea Calman (Decapoda, Caridea)". Crustaceana. 34 (2): 195–213. doi:10.1163/156854078X00736. JSTOR 20103268.
  3. ^ W. T. Calman (1909). "On a blind Prawn from the Sea of Galilee (Typhlocaris galilea, g. et sp. n.)". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd ser., Zoology. 11 (5): 93–97. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1909.tb00194.x.