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Paraleptamphopidae

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Paraleptamphopidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Superfamily: Gammaroidea
Family: Paraleptamphopidae
Bousfield, 1977
Genera

Paraleptamphopidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, containing three genera.[1] Paraleptamphopus and Ringanui are both endemic to New Zealand, but Rudolphia lives in Chile.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Jim Lowry (2010). "Paraleptamphopidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  2. ^ Luis E. Grosso & Marcela Peralta (2009). "A new Paraleptamphopidae (Crustacea Amphipoda) in the burrow of Virilastacus rucapihuelensis (Parastacidae) and surrounding peat bogs. Rudolphia macrodactylus n. gen., n. sp. from southern South America" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2243: 40–52.