{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 6 | greatgrandparent_authority = Myers & Lowry, 2003 | grandparent_authority = Myers & Lowry, 2003 | genus = Rakiroa | parent_authority = Lowry & Fenwick, 1982 | species = rima | authority = Lowry & Fenwick, 1982 }}
'''''Rakiroa''''' is a monotypic genus of amphipods belonging to the monotypic family '''Rakiroidae'''. The only species is '''''Rakiroa rima'''''.<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Rakiroa Lowry & Fenwick, 1982 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2219571 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=27 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Both genus and species were first described in 1982 by James K. Lowry and Graham David Fenwick.<ref>{{Cite Q|Q100722381}}</ref>
The species is found in New Zealand.<ref name="GBIF" />
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Category:Corophiida Category:Monotypic amphipod genera Category:Taxa named by James K. Lowry
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