Cinetorhynchus rigens | |
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C. rigens at the Natural History Museum, London | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Caridea |
Family: | Rhynchocinetidae |
Genus: | Cinetorhynchus |
Species: | C. rigens
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Binomial name | |
Cinetorhynchus rigens (Gordon, 1936)[1]
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Cinetorhynchus rigens is a species of shrimp in the family Rhynchocinetidae. Common names include mechanical shrimp, Atlantic dancing shrimp, red night shrimp and red coral shrimp.[2] It occurs in shallow water in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.