Chaetocorophium

Chaetocorophium
Chaetocorophium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Corophiidea
Family: Corophiidae
Genus: Chaetocorophium
Karaman, 1979 [1]
Species: C. lucasi
Binomial name
Chaetocorophium lucasi
(Hurley, 1954) [2]
Synonyms

Paracorophium lucasi Hurley, 1954 [3]

Chaetocorophium is a monotypic[4] genus of amphipods in the family Corophiidae, containing only the species Chaetocorophium lucasi. Chaetocorophium is very closely related to Paracorophium, and some researchers propose synonymising the two genera.[3]

C. lucasi is endemic to New Zealand, where it is found only in a few sites in the North Island (Lake Rotorua, Lake Waikare, Lake Rotoiti, at Whakatane, Raglan, Waitara, and Wanganui) and in lakes and intertidal mudflats across South Island. It is epigean,[4] and was listed as "Sparse" in the 2002 New Zealand Threat Classification System list for freshwater invertebrates.[5]

References

  1. ^ Gordon S. Karaman (1979). Revision of the genus Paracorophium Stebb. with description of P. chelatum, n. sp. and genus Chaetocorophium, n. gen. (Fam. Corophiidae). "Contributions to the knowledge of the Amphipoda 100". Glasnik Republickog Zavoda za Zastitu Prirode i Prirodnjackog Museja iu Titogradu 12: 87–100. 
  2. ^ D. E. Hurley (1954). "Studies on the New Zealand amphipodan fauna No. 7. The family Corophiidae, including a new species of Paracorophium". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 82: 431–460. http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_82/rsnz_82_02_003760.html. 
  3. ^ a b Ann M. Chapman, Ian D. Hogg, Kareen E. Schnabel & Mark I. Stevens (2002). "Synonymy of the New Zealand corophiid amphipod genus, Chaetocorophium Karaman, 1979, with Paracorophium Stebbing, 1899: morphological and genetic evidence" (PDF). Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand 32 (2): 229–241. http://awcmee.massey.ac.nz/people/mstevens/pdf/synonymy.pdf. 
  4. ^ a b Graham D. Fenwick (2001). "The freshwater Amphipoda (Crustacea) of New Zealand: a review" (PDF). Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand 31: 341–363. http://www.rsnz.org/publish/jrsnz/2001/25.pdf. 
  5. ^ "Freshwater invertebrates". New Zealand Threat Classification System lists – 2002. Department of Conservation. http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentPage.aspx?id=39584. Retrieved December 30, 2009. 


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