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Genus of crustaceans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rakiroa is a monotypic genus of amphipods belonging to the monotypic family Rakiroidae. The only species is Rakiroa rima.[1] Both genus and species were first described in 1982 by James K. Lowry and Graham David Fenwick.[2]
Rakiroa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Suborder: | Senticaudata |
Infraorder: | Corophiida |
Parvorder: | Caprellidira |
Superfamily: | Rakirooidea Myers & Lowry, 2003 |
Family: | Rakiroidae Myers & Lowry, 2003 |
Genus: | Rakiroa Lowry & Fenwick, 1982 |
Species: | R. rima |
Binomial name | |
Rakiroa rima Lowry & Fenwick, 1982 | |
The species is found in New Zealand.[1]
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