Lauan anchialine shrimp

Antecaridina lauensis

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Atyidae

Macrobrachium xmas is a stygobitic palaemonid shrimp endemic to the anchialine caves of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. Individuals are medium in size with a color ranging from white to yellow. They live in brackish water with other small cave-dwelling shrimp and crabs.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 2France · 1

Sources and credits

DescriptionMacrobrachium xmas, Wikipedia contributors

Lauan anchialine shrimp

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