Cinetorhynchus Explained

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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Junji Okuno . 1997 . Crustacea Decapoda : review on the genus Cinetorhynchus Holthuis, 1995 from the Indo-West Pacific (Caridea : Rhynchocinetidae) . B. Richer de Forges . Les fonds meubles des lagons de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Sédimentologie, Benthos) . Études & Thèses . 3 . Paris . . 31–58 . 2-7099-1376-3 . PDF.
2. Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay . 2013 . Cinetorhynchus Holthuis, 1995 . 107017 . December 6, 2013.