Parawaldeckia is a genus of amphipod crustacean in the family, Lysianassidae. and was first described by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing in 1910.[2][3] The type species is Parawaldeckia thomsoni (first described in 1906 by Stebbing as Nannonyx thomsoni ).[4]

Parawaldeckia
Parawaldeckia sp.[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Lysianassidae
Genus: Parawaldeckia
Stebbing,1910
Type species
Parawaldeckia thomsoni
(Stebbing, 1906)

In Australia species of the genus are found in waters off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, and off Macquarie Island and the Australian Antarctic territory.[4] They are also found off New Zealand, off southern South America, and in subantarctic waters.[4] They are bottom dwelling at depths of 200 metres.[4]

The body is segmented and flattened at the side, and there are seven pairs of walking legs at the front and three pairs of small limbs at the back.[1]

Species

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Species accepted by WoRMS (2022) are:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Amphipoda, Amphipod". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Claude De Broyer, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2022). Lowry J (ed.). "Parawaldeckia Stebbing, 1910". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. ^ T.R.R. Stebbing (1910). "Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" Crustacea Part V. Amphipoda". The Australian Museum Memoir. 4 (12): 567-658, pls 47-60 [571]. ISSN 0067-1967. Wikidata Q114580054.
  4. ^ a b c d "Australian Faunal Directory: Parawaldeckia". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 10 October 2022.