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Pycnocaris

genus of crustaceans

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ18593214
Source-derived summary

Pycnocaris is a monotypic genus of shrimp belonging to the family Palaemonidae. Pycnocaris chagoe is the only known species in this genus.

Editorial summary

“Pycnocaris” enters the record as genus of crustaceans. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Pycnocaris, genus and crustaceans can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 22-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Pycnocaris, genus and crustaceans.
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“Pycnocaris” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Pycnocaris, genus and crustaceans provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18593214. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from Pycnocaris” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.