Cinetorhynchus

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Cinetorhynchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Rhynchocinetidae
Genus: Cinetorhynchus
Holthuis, 1995

Cinetorhynchus is a genus of shrimp in the family Rhynchocinetidae. It was originally described in 1995 by Lipke Holthuis as a subgenus of the genus Rhynchocinetes, but was elevated to the rank of genus by Okuno in 1997.[1] Both genera share the characteristic jointed rostrum, but differ in the numbers and positions of various spines.[1] Cinetorhynchus contains the following species:[2]

  • Cinetorhynchus brucei Okuno, 2009
  • Cinetorhynchus concolor (Okuno, 1994)
  • Cinetorhynchus erythrostictus Okuno, 1997
  • Cinetorhynchus fasciatus Okuno & Tachikawa, 1997
  • Cinetorhynchus hawaiiensis Okuno & Hoover, 1998
  • Cinetorhynchus hendersoni (Kemp, 1925)
  • Cinetorhynchus hiatti (Holthuis & Hayashi, 1967)
  • Cinetorhynchus manningi Okuno, 1996
  • Cinetorhynchus reticulatus Okuno, 1997
  • Cinetorhynchus rigens (Gordon, 1936)
  • Cinetorhynchus striatus (Nomura & Hayashi, 1992)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Junji Okuno (1997). "Crustacea Decapoda : review on the genus Cinetorhynchus Holthuis, 1995 from the Indo-West Pacific (Caridea : Rhynchocinetidae)" (PDF). In B. Richer de Forges. Les fonds meubles des lagons de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Sédimentologie, Benthos). Études & Thèses 3. Paris: ORSTOM. pp. 31–58. ISBN 2-7099-1376-3. 
  2. Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay (2013). "Cinetorhynchus Holthuis, 1995". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 14, 2013. 


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