Macromaxillocaris
Macromaxillocaris bahamaensis is a species of stenopodidean shrimp, the only species in the family Macromaxillocarididae. It is a troglobite, known only from an anchialine pool in a cave in the Bahamas. It differs from other stenopodideans by the enlargement of its third maxilliped.
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| Family: | Macromaxillocarididae Alvarez, Iliffe & Villalobos, 2006 |
| Genus: | Macromaxillocaris Alvarez, Iliffe & Villalobos, 2006 |
| Species: | M. bahamaensis |
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| Macromaxillocaris bahamaensis Alvarez, Iliffe & Villalobos, 2006 | |
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