Barbouria: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Barbouriidae
Genus
Barbouria
Species
Scientific Name
Barbouria

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Barbouria

Barbouria is a genus of shrimp in the family Barbouriidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Barbouria cubensis.

Barbouria cubensis was originally described under the name Hippolyte cubensis from anchialine caves between Cojimar and Castillo Morro, near Havana, Cuba. It has since been found in Mexico, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Bermuda, Cayman Brac and the Bahamas. The animals grow to 64 millimetres (2.5 in) long and are a deep red colour. It is listed as a critically endangered species on the IUCN Red List.


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