Syncaris is a genus of shrimp, containing only two species: the endangered California freshwater shrimp, Syncaris pacifica, and the extinct Pasadena freshwater shrimp, Syncaris pasadenae.[1][2] This genus is one of only two genera of freshwater Atyid shrimp found in North America, with the other being the genus Palaemonias, which contains two endangered, cave-dwelling shrimp species.[3] The genus Syncaris may have arisen during the Mesozoic, with the family Atyidae likely being of Jurassic origin.[2][3]
| Syncaris | |
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| Syncaris pacifica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Atyidae |
| Genus: | Syncaris Holmes, 1900 |
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References
edit- ^ "Syncaris Holmes, 1900". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ a b Joel W. Martin & Mary K. Wicksten (2004). "Review and redescription of the freshwater atyid shrimp genus Syncaris Holmes, 1900, in California". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 24 (3): 447–462. doi:10.1651/C-2451. JSTOR 1549592.
- ^ a b Hedgpeth, Joel W. (1968). "The atyid shrimp of the genus Syncaris in California". Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie. 53 (4): 511–524. doi:10.1002/iroh.19680530402.
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