Rhepoxynius

Rhepoxynius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Family:	Phoxocephalidae
Subfamily:	Phoxocephalinae
Genus:	Rhepoxynius J.L. Bernard, 1979

Rhepoxynius is a genus of amphipod. ^{[1] [2]} It is found along the east and west coasts of North America. ^[3]

Taxonomy

The genus Rhepoxynius contains the following species:

• Rhepoxynius abronius
• Rhepoxynius barnardi
• Rhepoxynius bicuspidatus
• Rhepoxynius boreovariatus
• Rhepoxynius daboius
• Rhepoxynius epistomus
• Rhepoxynius fatigans
• Rhepoxynius gemmatus
• Rhepoxynius heterocuspidatus
• Rhepoxynius homocuspidatus
• Rhepoxynius lucubrans
• Rhepoxynius menziesi
• Rhepoxynius pallidus
• Rhepoxynius stenodes
• Rhepoxynius tridentatus
• Rhepoxynius variatus
• Rhepoxynius vigitegus

Etymology

The name Rhepoxynius comes from rhepo, meaning "slope", and oxyno, meaning "sharpen". ^[2]

References

1. "Genus Rhepoxynius". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
2. Barnard, J. L. (1979). "Revision Of American Species Of The Marine Amphipod Genus Paraphoxus Gammaridea Phoxocephalidae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 92: 368–379.
3. Barnard, J. L.; Barnard, C. M. (1982). "The genus Rhepoxynius (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Phoxocephalidae) in American seas". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (357): 1–49. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.357. hdl:10088/5445.