# Typhlocaris

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Genus of crustaceans

Typhlocaris T. galilea (male). Plate from Calman, 1909 Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Caridea Superfamily: Palaemonoidea (?) Family: Typhlocarididae Annandale & Kemp, 1913 Genus: Typhlocaris Calman, 1909 Type species Typhlocaris galilea Calman, 1909

***Typhlocaris*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of blind [cave-dwelling](/source/Troglobite) [shrimp](/source/Caridea),[1] placed in its own family, **Typhlocarididae**. It contains 4 species:[1][2][3]

- *[Typhlocaris ayyaloni](/source/Typhlocaris_ayyaloni)* Tsurnamal, 2008 – Israel

- *[Typhlocaris galilea](/source/Typhlocaris_galilea)* Calman, 1909 – Israel

- *[Typhlocaris lethaea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Typhlocaris_lethaea&action=edit&redlink=1)* Parisi, 1920 – Libya

- *[Typhlocaris salentina](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Typhlocaris_salentina&action=edit&redlink=1)* Caroli, 1923 – Apulia (Italy)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Tsurnamal_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Tsurnamal_1-1) M. Tsurnamal (2008). "A new species of the stygobiotic blind prawn *Typhlocaris* Calman, 1909 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae, Typhlocaridinae) from Israel". *[Crustaceana](/source/Crustaceana)*. **81** (4): 487–501. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1163/156854008783797534](https://doi.org/10.1163%2F156854008783797534).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** M. Tsurnamal (1978). "The biology and ecology of the blind prawn, *Typhlocaris galilea* Calman (Decapoda, Caridea)". *[Crustaceana](/source/Crustaceana)*. **34** (2): 195–213. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1163/156854078X00736](https://doi.org/10.1163%2F156854078X00736). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [20103268](https://www.jstor.org/stable/20103268).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [W. T. Calman](/source/William_Thomas_Calman) (1909). ["On a blind Prawn from the Sea of Galilee (*Typhlocaris galilea*, g. et sp. n.)"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16393586/). *[Transactions of the Linnean Society of London](/source/Transactions_of_the_Linnean_Society_of_London)*. 2nd ser., Zoology. **11** (5): 93–97. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1111/j.1096-3642.1909.tb00194.x](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1096-3642.1909.tb00194.x).

Taxon identifiers Typhlocaris Wikidata: Q7861017 Wikispecies: Typhlocaris (Typhlocarididae) BioLib: 19458 Fauna Europaea: 238432 Fauna Europaea (new): 8e767bc6-03e8-418f-a53b-0ba5a8d5af49 GBIF: 4406742 iNaturalist: 435303 IRMNG: 1396858 NCBI: 576239 Open Tree of Life: 314712 WoRMS: 588093

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