The Nikoides are a genus in the Processidae family of shrimp,[1] first described in 1875 by Otton Mikhailovich Paulson.[1][2]
Nikoides | |
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Nikoides longicarpus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Processidae |
Genus: | Nikoides Paul'son, 1875 |
In Australia it is found off the northern coasts of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland.[1]
Species accepted by WoRMS are:[3]
- Nikoides boraboraensis Burukovsky, 2002
- Nikoides danae Paulson, 1875
- Nikoides gurneyi Hayashi, 1975
- Nikoides longicarpus Noël, 1986
- Nikoides maldivensis Borradaile, 1915
- Nikoides multispinatus Hayashi, 1981
- Nikoides plantei Burukovsky, 2007
- Nikoides schmitti Manning & Chace, 1971
- Nikoides sibogae De Man, 1918
- Nikoides steinii (Edmondson, 1935)
- Nikoides subdistalis Komai & Hirabayashi, 2021
References
edit- ^ a b c "Genus Nikoides Paul'son, 1875". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ Paul'son, O.M. 1875. Studies on Crustacea of the Red Sea with Notes regarding other Seas. Part I. Podophthalmata and Edriophthalmata (Cumacea). Jerusalem : The Israel Program for Scientific Translations 164 pp. 21 pls.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Nikoides Paulson, 1875". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-01-18.