Procaris noelensis
Procaris noelensis is a species of shrimp, a single specimen having been described by Bruce & Davie from a freshwater/tidally influenced cave system on Christmas Island in 2006.

This species is widely separated geographically from other members of its genus and may be a relict species from the Mesozoic fauna of the Tethys Ocean, with Christmas Island being its refugium. This theory is reinforced by the fact that it was found living in sympatry with a hippolytid shrimp and an atyid shrimp, the latter coming from another ancient lineage and often found inhabiting anchialine systems.
Q7432
species
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Q1517781
shrimp
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Q1361864
described
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Q31063
Christmas Island
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Q34740
genus
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Q1248233
relict species
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Q83222
Mesozoic
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Q208136
Tethys Ocean
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Q1435290
refugium
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Q1246431
sympatry
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Q1410689
hippolytid shrimp
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Q608554
atyid shrimp
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Q575279
anchialine
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Q14167433
Procaris noelensis
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2006-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2006
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