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Cinetorhynchus

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Cinetorhynchus
Female C. reticulates from the Red Sea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Rhynchocinetidae
Genus: Cinetorhynchus
Holthuis, 1995

Cinetorhynchus is a genus of shrimp in the family Rhynchocinetidae. It was originally described in 1995 by Lipke Holthuis as a subgenus of the genus Rhynchocinetes, but was elevated to the rank of genus by Okuno in 1997.[1] Both genera share the characteristic jointed rostrum, but differ in the numbers and positions of various spines.[1] Cinetorhynchus contains the following species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Junji Okuno (1997). "Crustacea Decapoda : review on the genus Cinetorhynchus Holthuis, 1995 from the Indo-West Pacific (Caridea : Rhynchocinetidae)". In B. Richer de Forges (ed.). Les fonds meubles des lagons de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Sédimentologie, Benthos) (PDF). Études & Thèses. Vol. 3. Paris: ORSTOM. pp. 31–58. ISBN 2-7099-1376-3.
  2. ^ Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay (2013). "Cinetorhynchus Holthuis, 1995". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 6, 2013.