Rakiroa is a monotypic genus of amphipods belonging to the monotypic family Rakiroidae. The only species is Rakiroa rima.[1] Both genus and species were first described in 1982 by James K. Lowry and Graham David Fenwick.[2]

Rakiroa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Senticaudata
Infraorder: Corophiida
Parvorder: Caprellidira
Superfamily: Rakirooidea
Myers & Lowry, 2003
Family: Rakiroidae
Myers & Lowry, 2003
Genus: Rakiroa
Lowry & Fenwick, 1982
Species:
R. rima
Binomial name
Rakiroa rima
Lowry & Fenwick, 1982

The species is found in New Zealand.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rakiroa Lowry & Fenwick, 1982". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. ^ J.K. Lowry; G.D. Fenwick (February 1982). "Rakiroa, a new amphipod genus from The Snares, New Zealand (Gammaridea, Corophiidae)". Journal of Natural History. 16 (1): 119–125. doi:10.1080/00222938200770091. ISSN 0022-2933. Wikidata Q100722381.