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Procaris ascensionis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Procarididae
Genus:	Procaris
Species:	P. ascensionis
Binomial name
	Procaris ascensionis; Chace & Manning, 1972

Procaris ascensionis is a species of shrimp, known only from two anchialine pools on Ascension Island; the larger of the two pools is about 4.5 metres (15 ft) in diameter and contains 45 centimetres (18 in) of water.^[2]

References

^ Fenner A. Chace Jr. & Raymond B. Manning (1972). "Two New Caridean Shrimps, One Representing a New Family, from Marine Pools on Ascension Island (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 131 (131): 18 pp. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.131. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 September 2023.
^ "Endemic predatory shrimp (Procaris ascensionis)". ARKive. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2010.

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[1] Fenner A. Chace Jr. & Raymond B. Manning (1972). "Two New Caridean Shrimps, One Representing a New Family, from Marine Pools on Ascension Island (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 131 (131): 18 pp. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.131. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 September 2023.

[2] "Endemic predatory shrimp (Procaris ascensionis)". ARKive. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2010.

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