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(Redirected from Rakirooidea) Genus of crustaceans

Rakiroa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Senticaudata
Infraorder: Corophiida
Parvorder: Caprellidira
Superfamily: Rakirooidea
Myers & Lowry, 2003
Family: Rakiroidae
Myers & Lowry, 2003
Genus: Rakiroa
Lowry & Fenwick, 1982
Species: R. rima
Binomial name
Rakiroa rima
Lowry & Fenwick, 1982

Rakiroa is a monotypic genus of amphipods belonging to the monotypic family Rakiroidae. The only species is Rakiroa rima. Both genus and species were first described in 1982 by James K. Lowry and Graham David Fenwick.

The species is found in New Zealand.

References

  1. ^ "Rakiroa Lowry & Fenwick, 1982". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. J.K. Lowry; G.D. Fenwick (February 1982). "Rakiroa, a new amphipod genus from The Snares, New Zealand (Gammaridea, Corophiidae)". Journal of Natural History. 16 (1): 119–125. doi:10.1080/00222938200770091. ISSN 0022-2933. Wikidata Q100722381.
Taxon identifiers
Rakiroa
Rakiroa rima
Rakiroidae
Rakirooidea


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