Parawaldeckia
Sign in to saveParawaldeckia is a genus of amphipod crustacean in the family, Lysianassidae. and was first described by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing in 1910. The type species is Parawaldeckia thomsoni (first described in 1906 by Stebbing as Nannonyx thomsoni ).
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It sits within the topics Amphilochidea, Amphipod genera and Crustaceans described in 1910.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderAmphipoda
- FamilyLysianassidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 432
- Family
- Lysianassidae
- Collections
- USNM, NMV
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lysianassidae
- Image
- Marine amphipod, Parawaldeckia no. J 20930.jpg
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- taxon name
- Parawaldeckia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Stebbing, 1910
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Parawaldeckia is a genus of amphipod crustacean in the family, Lysianassidae. and was first described by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing in 1910. The type species is Parawaldeckia thomsoni (first described in 1906 by Stebbing as Nannonyx thomsoni ).
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. They are also found off New Zealand, off southern South America, and in subantarctic waters. They are bottom dwelling at depths of 200 metres.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parawaldeckia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.