Palaemonias
| Palaemonias | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Kentucky cave shrimp (Palaemonias ganteri) | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Malacostraca | 
| Order: | Decapoda | 
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata | 
| Infraorder: | Caridea | 
| Family: | Atyidae | 
| Genus: | Hay, 1901 [1]  | 
The genus Palaemonias comprises two species[1][2] of endangered, albinistic, obligate cave shrimp:
- Alabama cave shrimp โ Palaemonias alabamae Smalley, 1961
 - Kentucky cave shrimp โ Palaemonias ganteri Hay, 1901
 
References
- ^ a b "Palaemonias Hay, 1901". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
 - ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1โ109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
 
 
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