Barbouria Explained

Barbouria is a genus of shrimp in the family Barbouriidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Barbouria cubensis.

Barbouria cubensis was originally described under the name Hippolyte cubensis from anchialine caves between Cojimar and Castillo Morro, near Havana, Cuba. It has since been found in Mexico,^[1] the Turks and Caicos Islands, Bermuda, Cayman Brac and the Bahamas.^[1] The animals grow to long and are a deep red colour.^[2] It is listed as a critically endangered species on the IUCN Red List.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Luis M. Mejía . Esteban Zarza . Marilú López . amp . 2008 . Barbouria yanezi sp. nov., a new species of cave shrimp (Decapoda, Barbouriidae) from Cozumel Island, Mexico . . 81 . 6 . 663–672 . 10.1163/156854008784513474.
2. Lipke B. Holthuis . Lipke Holthuis . 1963 . On red-coloured shrimps (Decapoda, Caridea) from tropical land-locked saltwater pools . . 38 . 16 . 261–279 .
3. Iliffe, T.M. . Barbouria cubensis . 1996 . e.T2559A9454288 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2559A9454288.en . 6 January 2018.