Crangonyctidae

Crangonyctidae
Crangonyctidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Gammaridea
Family: Crangonyctidae
Bousfield, 1973
Genera

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Crangonyctidae is a family of cave-dwelling freshwater amphipod crustaceans. It contains the following genera:[1]

  • Amurocrangonyx Sidorov & Holsinger, 2007 [2]
  • Bactrurus Hay, 1902
  • Crangonyx Bate, 1859
  • Lyurella Derzhavin, 1939
  • Palaeogammarus Zaddach, 1864
  • Stygobromus Cope, 1872
  • Stygonyx Bousfield & Holsinger, 1989

References

  1. ^ J. Lowry (2011). "Crangonyctidae". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430454. Retrieved February 26, 2011. 
  2. ^ Dmitry A. Sidorov & John R. Holsinger (2007). "Amurocrangonyx, a new genus of subterranean amphipod (Crangonyctidae) from the Russian Far East, with a redescription of the poorly known Crangonyx arsenjevi and comments on biogeographic relationships". Journal of Crustacean Biology 27 (4): 660–669. doi:10.1651/S-2817R.1.