Cinetorhynchus

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Cinetorhynchus
Female C. reticulates from the Red Sea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Caridea
Family: Rhynchocinetidae
Genus: Cinetorhynchus
Holthuis, 1995

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]

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