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Rakiroa
Scientific classification
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

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]

The species is found in New Zealand.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Rakiroa Lowry & Fenwick, 1982". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
^ 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.

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[GBIF-1] "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.

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