Palaemon antrorum
Species of crustacean
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Palaemon antrorum, also known as the Balcones cave shrimp and the Texas cave shrimp, is a species of palaemonid shrimp endemic to Texas.[2][3] It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List,[1] and as a Species of Concern by the United States Endangered Species Act.[3]
| Palaemon antrorum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae |
| Genus: | Palaemon |
| Species: | P. antrorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Palaemon antrorum (J. E. Benedict, 1896) | |
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The species' type locality is an artesian well on what is now the campus of Texas State University–San Marcos in San Marcos, Texas.[4] It has also been reported from Edwards Aquifer west to Uvalde County.[4]
