''Rakiroa'' is a
monotypic genus
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...
of
amphipod
Amphipoda () is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods () range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 10,700 amphipod species cur ...
s belonging to the monotypic family Rakiroidae. The only species is ''Rakiroa rima''.
Both genus and species were first described in 1982 by
James K. Lowry and Graham David Fenwick.
The species is found in New Zealand.
References
Corophiida
Monotypic amphipod genera
Taxa named by James K. Lowry
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