Biology:Paracrangonyx

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Paracrangonyx
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Parvorder: Crangonyctidira
Superfamily: Crangonyctoidea
Family: Paracrangonyctidae
Bousfield, 1983
Genus: Paracrangonyx
Stebbing, 1899
Species
  • Paracrangonyx compactus Chilton, 1882
  • Paracrangonyx winterbourni Fenwick, 2001

Paracrangonyx is a genus of amphipods in the family Paracrangonyctidae, comprising two species, Paracrangonyx compactus and Paracrangonyz winterbourni.

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

Wikidata ☰ Q3933145 entry