| Paracorophium excavatum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Corophiidae |
| Genus: | Paracorophium |
| Species: | P. excavatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Paracorophium excavatum (G. M. Thomson, 1884) | |
Paracorophium excavatum is a species of amphipod in the family Corophiidae. It has been confused with other species, such that the only reliable record is from its type locality at Brighton, Otago. [1]
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