Alabama cave shrimp
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Atyidae |
| Genus: | Palaemonias |
| Species: | P. alabamae
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| Binomial name | |
| Palaemonias alabamae (Smalley, 1961)
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The Alabama cave shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae) is a species of shrimp in the family Atyidae, found only in caves in the state of Alabama.
Conservation status
Palaemonias alabamae is listed as an
Endangered Species Act.[2]
Distribution
The Alabama cave shrimp is only known from five
type locality, but viable populations have only been confirmed in Bobcat Cave
and the complex comprising Hering Cave, Glover Cave and Brazelton Cave.
Ecology
P. alabamae occurs in cave pools with
Taxonomy
The closest relative of the Alabama cave shrimp is the Kentucky cave shrimp, Palaemonias ganteri, which lives in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky.[3] The two species can be distinguished by size (P. alabamae being larger than P. ganteri), the longer rostrum in P. alabamae, and the greater number of spines on the rostrum of P. alabamae.[3]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Alabama cave shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae) species profile". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. October 10, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Jeff Powell (August 29, 2006). "Alabama Cave Shrimp (Palaemonias alabamae). 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation" (PDF). United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
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