Guyanacaris hirsutimana
Appearance
Guyanacaris hirsutimana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Axiidae |
Genus: | Guyanacaris |
Species: | G. hirsutimana
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Binomial name | |
Guyanacaris hirsutimana Boesch & Smalley, 1972[1]
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Guyanacaris hirsutimana is a species of ghost shrimp found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Guyana.[1] It was originally described as being in the genus Calocaris, later in Acanthaxius, and finally in Axiopsis before being placed in Guyanacaris.[1] It has been found at a depth of 50 metres (160 ft).[1]