Iphimedia (crustacean)

Iphimedia
Iphimedia gibba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Family:	Iphimediidae
Genus:	Iphimedia Rathke, 1843  [1]
Species
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Iphimedia is a genus of amphipods which belongs to the family Iphimediidae in the arthropod group Amphipoda. ^[1] It is the only genus of the family to have species which live in tropical waters. All other genera of the family are only found in cold or deep oceans. ^[2]

Species

Species in the genus Iphimedia include:

• Iphimedia capicola K. H. Barnard, 1932
• Iphimedia discreta Stebbing, 1910
• Iphimedia eblanae Bate, 1857
• Iphimedia gibba K. H. Barnard, 1940
• Iphimedia gladiolus K. H. Barnard 1937
• Iphimedia haurakiensis
• Iphimedia hedgpethi (J. L. Barnard, 1969)
• Iphimedia minuta G. O. Sars, 1882
• Iphimedia nexa Myers and McGrath, 1987
• Iphimedia obesa Rathke, 1843
• Iphimedia orchestimana Ruffo, 1959
• Iphimedia perplexa Myers and Costello, 1987
• Iphimedia rickettsi (Shoemaker, 1931)
• Iphimedia spatula Myers and McGrath, 1987
• Iphimedia warraina Thomas and Barnard, 1991
• Iphimedia xesta Thomas and Barnard, 1991
• Iphimedia zora Thomas and J. L. Barnard, 1991

References

1. D. Bellan-Santini & M. J. Costello (2001). "Iphimedia Rathke, 1843". European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
2. J. D. Thomas & J. L. Barnard (1991). "A review of the genus Iphimedia (Crustacea: Amphipoda) with descriptions of three new species from Australia, Papua New Guinea and Florida" . Invertebrate Taxonomy . 5 (2): 469–485. doi:10.1071/IT9910469.