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Cinetorhynchus

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. Both genera share the characteristic jointed rostrum, but differ in the numbers and positions of various spines. Cinetorhynchus contains the following species:Cinetorhynchus brucei Okuno, 2009 Cinetorhynchus concolor (Okuno, 1994) Cinetorhynchus erythrostictus Okuno, 1997 Cinetorhynchus fasciatus Okuno & Tachikawa, 1997 Cinetorhynchus gabonensis Ďuriš, Šobáňová & Wirtz, 2019 Cinetorhynchus hawaiiensis Okuno & Hoover, 1998 Cinetorhynchus hendersoni (Kemp, 1925) Cinetorhynchus hiatti (Holthuis & Hayashi, 1967) Cinetorhynchus manningi Okuno, 1996 Cinetorhynchus reticulatus Okuno, 1997 Cinetorhynchus rigens (Gordon, 1936) Cinetorhynchus striatus (Nomura & Hayashi, 1992)

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Cinetorhynchus
Female C. reticulates from the Red Sea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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

  • Cinetorhynchus brucei Okuno, 2009
  • Cinetorhynchus concolor (Okuno, 1994)
  • Cinetorhynchus erythrostictus Okuno, 1997
  • Cinetorhynchus fasciatus Okuno & Tachikawa, 1997
  • Cinetorhynchus gabonensis Ďuriš, Šobáňová & Wirtz, 2019
  • Cinetorhynchus hawaiiensis Okuno & Hoover, 1998
  • Cinetorhynchus hendersoni (Kemp, 1925)
  • Cinetorhynchus hiatti (Holthuis & Hayashi, 1967)
  • Cinetorhynchus manningi Okuno, 1996
  • Cinetorhynchus reticulatus Okuno, 1997
  • Cinetorhynchus rigens (Gordon, 1936)
  • Cinetorhynchus striatus (Nomura & Hayashi, 1992)
References

References

  1. 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.