| Parawaldeckia | |
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| Parawaldeckia sp. [1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Lysianassidae |
| Genus: | Parawaldeckia Stebbing,1910 |
| Type species | |
| Parawaldeckia thomsoni (Stebbing, 1906) | |
Parawaldeckia is a genus of amphipod crustacean in the family, Lysianassidae. and was first described by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing in 1910. [2] [3] The type species is Parawaldeckia thomsoni (first described in 1906 by Stebbing as Nannonyx thomsoni ). [4]
In Australia species of the genus are found in waters off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, and off Macquarie Island and the Australian Antarctic territory. [4] They are also found off New Zealand, off southern South America, and in subantarctic waters. [4] They are bottom dwelling at depths of 200 metres. [4]
The body is segmented and flattened at the side, and there are seven pairs of walking legs at the front and three pairs of small limbs at the back. [1]