Troglocaris anophthalmus

Troglocaris anophthalmus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Atyidae
Genus: Troglocaris
Subgenus: Troglocaris
Species: T. anophthalmus
Binomial name
Troglocaris anophthalmus
(Kollar, 1848)
Synonyms [2]
  • Palaemon anophtalmus Kollar, 1848 (incorrect original spelling)
  • Palaemon anophthalmus Kollar, 1848
  • Troglocaris Schmidti Dormitzer, 1853

Troglocaris anophthalmus is a species of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae. It lives in karstic caves in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia.[1] Although morphologically similar across its 500-kilometre (310 mi) range, molecular phylogenetics suggests that there are four or five cryptic lineages with more restricted ranges, although one such lineage does range unusually widely for a troglobite – over 300 kilometres (190 mi).[3]

It was originally described by Vincenz Kollar as Palaemon anophtalmus (a misspelling of "anophthalmus"), but this name was considered to be a nomen nudum for a long time. This name is, however, accompanied by a description, and predates Dormitzer's junior synonym Troglocaris schmidtii.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 De Grave, S. 2013. Troglocaris anophthalmus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. Downloaded on 14 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 L. B. Holthuis. "Nomenclatural notes on European macrurous Crustacea Decapoda" (PDF). Zoologische Mededelingen. 27: 312–322.
  3. ↑ Valerija Zakšek, Boris Sket, Sanja Gottstein, Damjan Franjević & Peter Trontelj (2009). "The limits of cryptic diversity in groundwater: phylogeography of the cave shrimp Troglocaris anophthalmus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae)" (PDF). Molecular Ecology. 18 (5): 931–946. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04061.x. PMID 19207253.

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