Cuban cave shrimp

Barbouria cubensis

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Barbouriidae

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.

Distribution

Cuban cave shrimp — (c) Christine Loew, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christine Loew · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

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