Hymenodora glacialis

Hymenodora glacialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Oplophoridae
Genus: Hymenodora
Species: H. glacialis
Binomial name
Hymenodora glacialis
(Buchholz, 1874) [1]

Hymenodora glacialis is a species of pelagic shrimp in the Oplophoridae family. It is the only known species of pelagic shrimp to inhabit the Canada Basin.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Hymenodora glacialis (Buchholz, 1874)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=96109. Retrieved June 13, 2011. 
  2. ^ P. Domanski (1986). "The near-bottom shrimp faunas (Decapoda: Natantia) at two abyssal sites in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean". Marine Biology 93 (2): 171–180. doi:10.1007/BF00508254.