Paraleptamphopidae

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]

Paraleptamphopidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Amphipoda
Suborder:
Gammaridea
Family:
Paraleptamphopidae

Bousfield, 1977
Genera

References
  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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