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(Redirected from Desmocarididae) Genus of crustaceans

Desmocaris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Desmocarididae
Genus: Desmocaris
Sollaud, 1911

Desmocaris, also referred to as Nigerian Floating Shrimp, is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Desmocarididae.

The species of this genus are found in Central Africa and in the forest zone of West Africa.

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References

  1. ^ "Desmocaris Sollaud, 1911". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. Powell, C. B. (1979). "Suppression of Larval Development in the African Freshwater Shrimp Desmocaris trispinosa (Decapoda, Palaemonidae)". Crustaceana. Supplement (5): 185–194. ISSN 0167-6563. JSTOR 25027502.
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