Vetericaris

Vetericaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Procarididae
Genus: Vetericaris
Kensley & Williams, 1986[2]
Species:
V. chaceorum
Binomial name
Vetericaris chaceorum
Kensley & Williams, 1986

Vetericaris is a genus of procarididean shrimp in the family Procarididae that lives in Hawaiian anchialine pools[1] and contains one species, Vetericaris chaceorum,[2] which was listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in 2013.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Anchialine pool shrimp (Vetericaris chaceorum)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Vetericaris Kensley & Williams, 1986". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 September 2025.