Parhippolyte

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
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Caridea
Superfamilia: Alpheoidea

Familia: Hippolytidae
Genus: Parhippolyte

Species: P. rukuensis
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Parhippolyte is a genus of cave dwelling decapod crustaceans, known as cave shrimps from the family Barbouriidae The type species Parhipplyte uvea was described in 1900 by the English carcinologist Lancelot Alexander Borradaile from specimens collected in the south western Pacific by Arthur Willey. As their vernacular name of cave shrimp suggests these species are generally found in marine caves as well as anchialine ponds and lagoons.[3][4]
Species

There are currently 5 species recognised:[1]

Parhippolyte cavernicola Wicksten, 1996 — Gulf of California
Parhippolyte misticia (J. Clark, 1989) — Palau
Parhippolyte rukuensis Burukovsky, 2007 — Ryukyu Islands
Parhippolyte sterreri (C.W.J. Hart & Manning, 1981) — Caribbean and Bermuda
Parhippolyte uveae Borradaile, 1900 — Indian and western Pacific Oceans

References

C. Fransen; S. De Grave (2011). "Parhippolyte Borradaile, 1915". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
L.A. Borradaile (1900). "On the Stomatopoda and Macrura brought by Dr. Willey from the South Seas". In Arthur Willey (ed.). Zoological results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere, collected during the years 1895, 1896, and 1897. Cambridge University Press. pp. 395–428.
Mary J. Wicksten (1996). "Parhippolyte cavernicola, new species (Decapoda: Caridea: Hippolytidae) from the tropical eastern Pacific, with taxonomic remarks on the genera Somersiella and Koror". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 16 (1): 201–207. doi:10.1163/193724096X00388. JSTOR 1548941.
C.H.J.M. Fransen; T. Tomascik (1996). "Parhippolyte uveae Borradaile, 1899 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Hippolytidae) from Kakaban Island, Indonesia". Zoologische Mededelingen. Leiden. 70 (15): 227–233.