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.