Paraleptamphopidae

Paraleptamphopidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Suborder:	Senticaudata
Infraorder:	Gammarida
Parvorder:	Gammaridira
Superfamily:	Gammaroidea
Family:	Paraleptamphopidae ; Bousfield, 1977
Genera
	Paraleptamphopus Stebbing, 1899; Ringanui Fenwick, 2006; Rudolphia Grosso & Peralta, 2009;

Last updated May 26, 2025

Paraleptamphopidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, containing three genera.^[1] Paraleptamphopus and Ringanui are both endemic to New Zealand, but Rudolphia lives in Chile.^[2]

References

↑ Jim Lowry (2010). "Paraleptamphopidae". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved August 21, 2011.
↑ Luis E. Grosso & Marcela Peralta (2009). "A new Paraleptamphopidae (Crustacea Amphipoda) in the burrow of Virilastacus rucapihuelensis (Parastacidae) and surrounding peat bogs. Rudolphia macrodactylus n. gen., n. sp. from southern South America" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa . 2243: 40–52.

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[1] Jim Lowry (2010). "Paraleptamphopidae". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved August 21, 2011.

[2] Luis E. Grosso & Marcela Peralta (2009). "A new Paraleptamphopidae (Crustacea Amphipoda) in the burrow of Virilastacus rucapihuelensis (Parastacidae) and surrounding peat bogs. Rudolphia macrodactylus n. gen., n. sp. from southern South America" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa . 2243: 40–52.

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