Macromaxillocaris
| Macromaxillocaris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Stenopodidea |
| Family: | Macromaxillocarididae Alvarez, Iliffe & Villalobos, 2006 |
| Genus: | Macromaxillocaris Alvarez, Iliffe & Villalobos, 2006 |
| Species: | M. bahamaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Macromaxillocaris bahamaensis Alvarez, Iliffe & Villalobos, 2006 | |
Macromaxillocaris bahamaensis is a species of stenopodidean shrimp, the only species in the family Macromaxillocarididae. It is a troglobite, known only from an anchialine pool in a cave in the Bahamas. It differs from other stenopodideans by the enlargement of its third maxilliped.