Scientific name: Procaris hawaiana.
Common Name: Shrimp, no common name.
Hawaiian Name(s): --
USFWS Status: Species of Concern.
Distribution: Hawaii, Maui
Map: --
| Procaris hawaiana Scientific name: Procaris hawaiana. Common Name: Shrimp, no common name. Hawaiian Name(s): -- USFWS Status: Species of Concern. Distribution: Hawaii, Maui Map: -- |
| Photo © 1972 J.A. Maciolek. |
This shrimp was discovered in February 1972 by J.A. Maciolek in anchialine lava pools at Cape Kinau, Maui and also in anchialine pools at Lua o Palehemo, South Point on the Big Island of Hawaii. Only three populations of this rare shrimp are known.
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This page last revised 18 February 1997 by nle