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Desmocaris
Sign in to saveDesmocaris, also referred to as Nigerian Floating Shrimp, is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Desmocarididae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyDesmocarididae
Habitatmarine, freshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Desmocarididae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Nigeria, Congo
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Desmocaris, also referred to as Nigerian Floating Shrimp, is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Desmocarididae.
The species of this genus are found in Central Africa and in the forest zone of West Africa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Desmocaris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.