Paracrangonyx compactus

Taxobox
name = "Paracrangonyx compactus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Amphipoda
familia = Paracrangonyctidae
genus = "Paracrangonyx"
species = "P. compactus"
binomial = "Paracrangonyx compactus"
binomial_authority = (Chilton, 1882)

"Paracrangonyx compactus" is a species of amphipod in the family Paracrangonyctidae.

It is found only in New Zealand's South Island region of Canterbury, at Eyreton, Leeston, and St Albans.

It is hypogean, found up to 58 m below ground.

External links

* [http://www.rsnz.org/publish/jrsnz/2001/25.pdf Royal Society of NZ]