Syncaris pasadenae

Syncaris pasadenae is an extinct species of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae.[2]

Syncaris pasadenae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Atyidae
Genus:
Syncaris
Species:
S. pasadenae
Binomial name
Syncaris pasadenae
(Kingsley, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Caridina pasadenae Kingsley, 1897
  • Syncaris Trewi Holmes, 1900

It lived in the drainage basin of the Los Angeles River, near Pasadena, San Gabriel and Warm Creek,[3] and was originally described from material collected on the site where the Rose Bowl now stands.[4] A reference to "freshwater shrimps" in a tributary of the Santa Ana River from 1927 may also refer to S. pasadenae.

Its habitat was destroyed by channelization of streams.[4] It has not been seen alive since 1933, despite extensive searching, and is the only recent species of shrimp known to have gone extinct.[5]

References
  1. De Grave, S. & Rogers, C. (2013). "Syncaris pasadenae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T21250A2774687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T21250A2774687.en.
  2. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Syncaris pasadenae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved October 2, 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Joel W. Martin & Mary K. Wicksten (2004). "Review and description of the freshwater atyid shrimp genus Syncaris Holmes, 1900, in California" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 24 (3): 447–462. doi:10.1651/C-2451. S2CID 85555245.
  4. Nancy Hamlett (July 28, 2008). "Geology & Geography". Bernard Field Station. The Claremont Colleges.
  5. S. De Grave; Y. Cai & A. Anker (2008). "Global diversity of shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) in freshwater". In E. V. Balian; C. Lévêque; H. Segers & K. Martens (eds.). Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Hydrobiologia. 595. pp. 287–293. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9024-2. ISBN 9781402082597. S2CID 22945163.
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