Chaetocorophium

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Chaetocorophium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Corophiidae
Genus: Chaetocorophium
Karaman, 1979  [1]
Species:
C. lucasi
Binomial name
Chaetocorophium lucasi
(Hurley, 1954)  [2]
Synonyms

Paracorophium lucasiHurley, 1954  [3]

Chaetocorophium is a monotypic [4] genus of amphipods in the family Corophiidae, containing only the species Chaetocorophium lucasi. Chaetocorophium is very closely related to Paracorophium , and some researchers propose synonymising the two genera. [3]

C. lucasi is endemic to New Zealand, where it is found only in a few sites in the North Island (Lake Rotorua, Lake Waikare, Lake Rotoiti, at Whakatāne, Raglan, Waitara, and Whanganui) and in lakes and intertidal mudflats across South Island. It is epigean, [4] and was listed as "Sparse" in the 2002 New Zealand Threat Classification System list for freshwater invertebrates. [5]

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References

  1. Gordon S. Karaman (1979). "Revision of the genus Paracorophium Stebb. with description of P. chelatum, n. sp. and genus Chaetocorophium, n. gen. (Fam. Corophiidae)". Contributions to the knowledge of the Amphipoda 100. Vol. 12. pp. 87–100.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  2. D. E. Hurley (1954). "Studies on the New Zealand amphipodan fauna No. 7. The family Corophiidae, including a new species of Paracorophium". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . 82: 431–460.
  3. 1 2 Ann M. Chapman; Ian D. Hogg; Kareen E. Schnabel; Mark I. Stevens (2002). "Synonymy of the New Zealand corophiid amphipod genus, Chaetocorophium Karaman, 1979, with Paracorophium Stebbing, 1899: morphological and genetic evidence" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand . 32 (2): 229–241. doi:10.1080/03014223.2002.9517693. S2CID   85245569. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2008.
  4. 1 2 Graham D. Fenwick (June 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. ISSN   0303-6758. S2CID   84444015. Wikidata   Q29040728.
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