Nikoides

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Caridea
Superfamilia: Processoidea

Familia: Processidae
Genus: Nikoides
Species: N. boraboraensis – N. danae – N. gurneyi – N. longicarpus – N. maldivensis – N. multispinatus – N. plantei – N. schmitti – N. sibogae – N. steinii – N. subdistalis
Name

Nikoides Paulson, 1875
References
Primary references

Paulson, O. 1875: Studies on Crustacea of the Red Sea with notes regarding other seas. Part I. Podophthalmata and Edriophthalmata (Cumacea). [In Russian, English translation by the Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1961]. Kiev: S.V. Kul’zhenko. xiv, 144 pp., Plates 1–22.

Additional references

Manning, R.B., Chace, F.A. 1971. Shrimps of the family Processidae from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 89: 1–41. DOI: 10.5479/SI.00810282.89 Open access Reference page.

The Nikoides are a genus in the Processidae family of shrimp,[1] first described in 1875 by Otton Mikhailovich Paulson.[1][2]

In Australia it is found off the northern coasts of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland.[1]

Species accepted by WoRMS are:[3]

Nikoides boraboraensis Burukovsky, 2002
Nikoides danae Paulson, 1875
Nikoides gurneyi Hayashi, 1975
Nikoides longicarpus Noël, 1986
Nikoides maldivensis Borradaile, 1915
Nikoides multispinatus Hayashi, 1981
Nikoides plantei Burukovsky, 2007
Nikoides schmitti Manning & Chace, 1971
Nikoides sibogae De Man, 1918
Nikoides steinii (Edmondson, 1935)
Nikoides subdistalis Komai & Hirabayashi, 2021

References

"Genus Nikoides Paul'son, 1875". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
Paul'son, O.M. 1875. Studies on Crustacea of the Red Sea with Notes regarding other Seas. Part I. Podophthalmata and Edriophthalmata (Cumacea). Jerusalem : The Israel Program for Scientific Translations 164 pp. 21 pls.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Nikoides Paulson, 1875". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-01-18.