Barbouriidae
Encyclopedia
Barbouriidae is a family
of shrimp
, comprising three genera:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of shrimp
Shrimp
Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...
, comprising three genera:
- BarbouriaBarbouriaBarbouria is a genus of shrimp in the family Barbouriidae, comprising two species.-B. cubensis:Barbouria cubensis was originally described in 1872 by Eduard von Martens – under the name Hippolyte cubensis – from anchialine caves between Cojimar and Castillo Morro, near Havana, Cuba...
Rathbun, 1912 - Janicea Manning & Hart, 1984
- Parhippolyte Borradaile, 1900