Typhlocaris galilea
| Typhlocaris galilea | |
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| Male. Plate from Calman, 1909 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Family: | Typhlocarididae |
| Genus: | Typhlocaris |
| Species: | T. galilea |
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Typhlocaris galilea Calman, 1909 |
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Typhlocaris galilea is a species of troglobitic shrimp in the genus Typhlocaris, and is endemic to one pool and spring that feeds it, at Tabgha in Israel. The species is critically endangered and a conservation programme has begun.
The relict species was first described in 1909, by William Thomas Calman.
The shrimp are semi-transparent and blind. Adult specimens are approximately 3 inches (7.6 cm) long. Their diet probably consists mainly of a small red tubificid worm, Isochaeta israelis.
The shrimp is endemic to one chamber of a Roman cistern, Ein-Nur octagonal pool (the private property of a monastery, at 32°52′25″N 35°32′57″E / 32.8736°N 35.5493°ECoordinates: 32°52′25″N 35°32′57″E / 32.8736°N 35.5493°E), and a warm (27 °C or 81 °F), sulphuric, saline subterranean spring that feeds it, at Tabgha, on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.
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