Alima (crustacean)

Alima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Stomatopoda
Family: Squillidae
Genus: Alima
Leach, 1817

Alima is a genus of shrimps belonging to the family Squillidae,[1] and was first described in 1817 by William Elford Leach.[1][2]

Leach describes the genus as

"Thorax elongate with the sides not approximating. Mouth placed towards the hinder part of the thorax."

  1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alima Leach, 1817". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  2. ^ William Elford Leach (1817). "A general notice of the animals taken by Mr. John Cranch, during the expedition to explore the source of the River Zaire. Appendix IV". Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire in South Africa in 1816: 416. Wikidata Q116961550.