Stygiocaris
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyAtyidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Stygiocaris is a genus of shrimp from caves in the North West Cape and Barrow Island, Western Australia.
Stygiocaris is highly troglobitic, being transparent, less than long and with reduced eyes. It was first described by Lipke Holthuis in 1960.
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taxonomy
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Australia
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Animalia
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Western Australia
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arthropod
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Wikidata
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cave
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tide
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digital object identifier
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fresh water
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Decapoda
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Caridea
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Q180686
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Malacostraca
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
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antenna
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Q229883
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transparency
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