Typhlocaris galilea | |
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Male. Plate from Calman, 1909 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Typhlocarididae |
Genus: | Typhlocaris |
Species: | T. galilea
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Binomial name | |
Typhlocaris galilea Calman, 1909
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Typhlocaris galilea is a species of troglobitic shrimp in the genus Typhlocaris, and is endemic to one pool and spring that feeds it, at Tabgha in Israel. The species is critically endangered and a conservation programme to conserve the species has begun.