Palaemonetes antrorum
| Palaemonetes antrorum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Palaemonetes |
| Species: | P. antrorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Palaemonetes antrorum J. E. Benedict, 1896 | |
Palaemonetes antrorum, also known as the Balcones cave shrimp and the Texas cave shrimp, is a species of palaemonid shrimp endemic to Texas.[1] It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List,[2] and as a Species of Concern by the United States Endangered Species Act.[1]
The species' type locality is an artesian well on what is now the campus of Texas State University–San Marcos in San Marcos, Texas.[3] It has also been reported from the Edwards Aquifer west to Uvalde County.[3]
References
| External identifiers for Palaemonetes antrorum | |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Life | 317501 |
| ITIS | 96403 |
| Also found in: SeaLifeBase, ARKive | |
- 1 2 "Texas cave shrimp (Palaemonetes antrorum) species profile". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. October 19, 2010.
- ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Palaemonetes antrorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
- 1 2 James Thomas Collins (1998). A phylogenetic study of the shrimp genus Palaemonetes Heller, 1869 from North America (Crustacea: Decapoda) (PDF) (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). Texas Tech University.
See also
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