Procaris noelensis
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| Procaris noelensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Procarididae |
| Genus: | Procaris |
| Species: | P. noelensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Procaris noelensis Bruce & Davie, 2006[1] | |
Procaris noelensis is a species of shrimp. A single specimen from a freshwater/tidally influenced cave system on Christmas Island was described by Bruce & Davie in 2006.[2] The species is widely separated geographically from other members of its genus and may be a relict species from the Mesozoic fauna of the Tethys Ocean, with Christmas Island being its refugium.[3] This theory is reinforced by the fact that it was found living in sympatry with a hippolytid shrimp and an atyid shrimp, the latter coming from another ancient lineage and often found inhabiting anchialine systems.[2]