Syncaris

Syncaris
	Syncaris pacifica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Atyidae
Genus:	Syncaris; Holmes, 1900
Species
	Syncaris pacifica; Syncaris pasadenae

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]

References

^ "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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[WoRMS-1] "Syncaris Holmes, 1900". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

[:0-2] 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.

[:1-3] 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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