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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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. Bibcode:2001JRSNZ..31..341F. 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. Bibcode:2001JRSNZ..31..457F. doi:10.1080/03014223.2001.9517665.