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Barbouria
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| Barbouria cubensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Barbouriidae |
| Genus: | Barbouria Rathbun, 1912 |
| Species: | B. cubensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Barbouria cubensis (Von Martens, 1872)
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Barbouria is a genus of shrimp in the family Barbouriidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Barbouria cubensis.
Barbouria cubensis was originally described under the name Hippolyte cubensis from anchialine caves between Cojimar and Castillo Morro, near Havana, Cuba. It has since been found in Mexico,[2] the Turks and Caicos Islands, Bermuda, Cayman Brac and the Bahamas.[2] The animals grow to 64 millimetres (2.5 in) long and are a deep red colour.[3] It is listed as a critically endangered species on the IUCN Red List.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Iliffe, T.M. (1996). "Barbouria cubensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T2559A9454288. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2559A9454288.en. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ a b Luis M. Mejía; Esteban Zarza & Marilú López (2008). "Barbouria yanezi sp. nov., a new species of cave shrimp (Decapoda, Barbouriidae) from Cozumel Island, Mexico". Crustaceana. 81 (6): 663–672. doi:10.1163/156854008784513474.
- ^ Lipke B. Holthuis (1963). "On red-coloured shrimps (Decapoda, Caridea) from tropical land-locked saltwater pools" (PDF). Zoologische Mededelingen. 38 (16): 261–279.
- ^ Iliffe, T.M. (1996). "Barbouria cubensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T2559A9454288. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2559A9454288.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.