Rakiroa
Genus of crustaceans
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Rakiroa is a monotypic genus of amphipods belonging to the monotypic family Rakiroidae. The only species is Rakiroa rima.[1] Both genus and species were first described in 1982 by James K. Lowry and Graham David Fenwick.[2]
| Rakiroa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Suborder: | Senticaudata |
| Infraorder: | Corophiida |
| Parvorder: | Caprellidira |
| Superfamily: | Rakirooidea Myers & Lowry, 2003 |
| Family: | Rakiroidae Myers & Lowry, 2003 |
| Genus: | Rakiroa Lowry & Fenwick, 1982 |
| Species: | R. rima |
| Binomial name | |
| Rakiroa rima Lowry & Fenwick, 1982 | |
The species is found in New Zealand.[1]
