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California freshwater shrimp

Syncaris pacifica

Classification

Family
Atyidae

Syncaris pacifica is an endangered species of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae that occurs only in a limited range within the northern San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA. Specifically, this species occurs only in 17 stream segments within Sonoma, Napa and Marin Counties. This species is often translucent to transparent, with both sexes capable of considerable coloration altering, as a sophisticated form of camouflage.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 14