Biology:Paracrangonyx
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Short description: Genus of crustaceans
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Parvorder: | Crangonyctidira |
| Superfamily: | Crangonyctoidea |
| Family: | Paracrangonyctidae Bousfield, 1983 |
| Genus: | Paracrangonyx Stebbing, 1899 |
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Paracrangonyx is a genus of amphipods in the family Paracrangonyctidae, comprising two species, Paracrangonyx compactus and Paracrangonyz winterbourni.
P. compactus is found only in Canterbury, New Zealand, at Eyreton, Leeston, and St Albans. It is hypogean, found up to 58 metres (190 ft) below ground.[1]
P. winterbourni has only been found at Templeton, on the Canterbury Plains of South Island.[2]
References
- ↑ Graham D. Fenwick (2001). "The freshwater Amphipoda (Crustacea) of New Zealand: a review". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 31 (2): 341–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.2001.9517658. http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/includes/download.aspx?ID=85253.[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ Graham D. Fenwick (2001). "Paracrangonyx Stebbing, 1899, a genus of New Zealand subterranean amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea)" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 31 (3): 457–479. doi:10.1080/03014223.2001.9517665. http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/893392__920548803.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q3933145 entry
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