Civifractura | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Family: | Alicellidae |
Genus: | Civifractura Weston, Peart & Jamieson, 2020 |
Type species | |
Civifractura serendipia Weston, Peart & Jamieson, 2020
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Civifractura is a monotypic genus of deep sea amphipods in the family, Alicellidae, first described in 2020 by Johanna Weston, Rachael Peart, and Alan Jamieson,[1][2] which consists of the species Civifractura serendipia.[1] The species epithet, serendipia, refers to its serendipitous discovery.[3] This species was found at a depth of 4932 m in the Wallaby-Zenith fracture zone of the Indian Ocean.[2]