Biology:Nikoides

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Short description: Family of crustaceans

Nikoides
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Nikoides longicarpus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Processidae
Genus: Nikoides
Paul'son, 1875

The Nikoides are a genus in the Processidae family of shrimp,[1] first described in 1875 by Otton Mikhailovich Paulson.[1][2]

In Australia it is found off the northern coasts of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland.[1]

Species accepted by WoRMS are:[3]

  • Nikoides boraboraensis Burukovsky, 2002
  • Nikoides danae Paulson, 1875
  • Nikoides gurneyi Hayashi, 1975
  • Nikoides longicarpus Noël, 1986
  • Nikoides maldivensis Borradaile, 1915
  • Nikoides multispinatus Hayashi, 1981
  • Nikoides plantei Burukovsky, 2007
  • Nikoides schmitti Manning & Chace, 1971
  • Nikoides sibogae De Man, 1918
  • Nikoides steinii (Edmondson, 1935)
  • Nikoides subdistalis Komai & Hirabayashi, 2021

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4482630 entry