Paracrangonyx is a genus of amphipods in the family Paracrangonyctidae, comprising two species, Paracrangonyx compactus and Paracrangonyz winterbourni.
Paracrangonyx | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Parvorder: | Crangonyctidira |
Superfamily: | Crangonyctoidea |
Family: | Paracrangonyctidae Bousfield, 1983 |
Genus: | Paracrangonyx Stebbing, 1899 |
Species | |
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P. compactus is found only in Canterbury, New Zealand, at Eyreton, Leeston, and St Albans. It is hypogean, found up to 58 metres (190 ft) below ground.[1]
P. winterbourni has only been found at Templeton, on the Canterbury Plains of South Island.[2]
References
edit- ^ Graham D. Fenwick (2001). "The freshwater Amphipoda (Crustacea) of New Zealand: a review". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 31 (2): 341–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.2001.9517658.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Graham D. Fenwick (2001). "Paracrangonyx Stebbing, 1899, a genus of New Zealand subterranean amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea)" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 31 (3): 457–479. doi:10.1080/03014223.2001.9517665.