Troglocaris
Encyclopedia
Troglocaris is a genus of freshwater
shrimp
in the family Atyidae
. It contains the following species, as well as a number of undescribed species:
Subgenus Troglocaris
Subgenus Xiphocaridinella
Subgenus Troglocaridella
Subgenus Spelaeocaris
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
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...
in the family Atyidae
Atyidae
Atyidae is a family of shrimp, present in all tropical and most temperate waters of the world. Adults of this family are almost always confined to fresh water...
. It contains the following species, as well as a number of undescribed species:
Subgenus Troglocaris
- Troglocaris anophthalmusTroglocaris anophthalmusTroglocaris anophthalmus is a species of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae. It lives in karstic caves in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia...
(Kollar, 1848) - Troglocaris bosnica Sket & Zakšek, 2009
- Troglocaris planinensis Birštejn, 1948
Subgenus Xiphocaridinella
- Troglocaris kutaissiana (Sadovskij, 1930)
- Troglocaris ablaskiri Birštejn, 1939
- Troglocaris fagei Birštejn, 1939
- Troglocaris osterloffi Juzbaš'jan, 1940
- Troglocaris birsteini Mugue, Zueva & Ershov, 2001
- Troglocaris jusbaschjani Birštejn, 1948
Subgenus Troglocaridella
- Troglocaris hercegovinensis (Babić, 1922)
Subgenus Spelaeocaris
- Troglocaris pretneri (Matjašič, 1956)
- Troglocaris prasence Sket & Zakšek, 2009
- Troglocaris kapellana Sket & Zakšek, 2009
- Troglocaris neglecta Sket & Zakšek, 2009