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). "Contributions to the knowledge of the Amphipoda 100". Glasnik Republickog Zavoda za Zastitu Prirode i Prirodnjackog Museja iu Titogradu. 12: 87–100. |chapter= ignored (help)
  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.
  3. 1 2 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. doi:10.1080/03014223.2002.9517693. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-14.
  4. 1 2 Graham D. Fenwick (2001). "The freshwater Amphipoda (Crustacea) of New Zealand: a review" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 31 (2): 341–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.2001.9517658. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-28.
  5. ↑ "Freshwater invertebrates". New Zealand Threat Classification System lists – 2002. Department of Conservation. Retrieved December 30, 2009.


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