Birulia kishinouyei is a shrimp species in the genus Birulia. Its specific epithet is a tribute to the Japanese fisheries biologist Kamakichi Kishinouye (岸上 鎌吉, 1867–1929).[2]

Birulia kishinouyei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Thoridae
Genus: Birulia
Species:
B. kishinouyei
Binomial name
Birulia kishinouyei
(Yokoya, 1930)
Synonyms [1]

Paraspirontocaris kishinouyei Yokoya, 1930

References

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  1. ^ Chace, Fenner A. (1997). "The Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910: Part 7: Families Atyidae, Eugonatonotidae, Rhynchocinetidae, Bathypalaemonellidae, Processidae, and Hippolytidae" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 587: 1–106.
  2. ^ Hans G. Hansson. "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". Göteborgs Universitet. Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
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