Paracorophium
Encyclopedia
Paracorophium is a genus
of amphipods
in the family
Corophiidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of amphipods
Amphipoda
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. The name amphipoda means "different-footed", and refers to the different forms of appendages, unlike isopods, where all the legs are alike. Of the 7,000 species, 5,500 are classified...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Corophiidae
Corophiidae
Corophiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera:*Americorophium Bousfield & Hoover, 1997*Anonychocheirus Moore & Myers, 1983*Apocorophium Bousfield & Hoover, 1997*Bathyphotis Stephensen, 1944*Cheirimedeia J. L...
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Species
- Paracorophium brisbanensis Chapman, 2002
- Paracorophium excavatumParacorophium excavatumParacorophium 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....
(Thomson, 1884) - Paracorophium lucasi Hurley, 1954