Rakiroa is a monotypic genus of amphipods belonging to the monotypic family Rakiroidae. The only species is Rakiroa rima.[1] Both genus and species were first described in 1982 by James K. Lowry and Graham David Fenwick.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Suborder: | Senticaudata |
| Infraorder: | Corophiida |
| Parvorder: | Caprellidira |
| Superfamily: | Rakirooidea Myers & Lowry, 2003 |
| Family: | Rakiroidae Myers & Lowry, 2003 |
| Genus: | Rakiroa Lowry & Fenwick, 1982 |
| Species: | R. rima
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| Binomial name | |
| Rakiroa rima Lowry & Fenwick, 1982
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The species is found in New Zealand.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Rakiroa Lowry & Fenwick, 1982". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ J.K. Lowry; G.D. Fenwick (February 1982). "Rakiroa, a new amphipod genus from The Snares, New Zealand (Gammaridea, Corophiidae)". Journal of Natural History. 16 (1): 119–125. doi:10.1080/00222938200770091. ISSN 0022-2933. Wikidata Q100722381.
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