Paraleptamphopus

Paraleptamphopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Paraleptamphopidae
Genus: Paraleptamphopus
Stebbing, 1899
Species
  • Paraleptamphopus caeruleus (Thomson, 1885)
  • Paraleptamphopus subterraneus (Chilton, 1882)

Paraleptamphopus is a genus of amphipods in the family Paraleptamphopidae[1] endemic to New Zealand. The first species to be described was Calliope subterraneus (now Paraleptamphopus subterraneus) which was named by Charles Chilton in 1882. George M. Thomson described a second species in 1885, as Pherusa coerulea (now Paraleptamphopus caeruleus). Although no other species have yet been formally described, it is thought that many more undescribed species exist.

  1. ^ Graham D. Fenwick (2006). "Ringanui, a new genus of stygobitic amphipod from New Zealand (Amphipoda: Gammaridea: Paraleptamphopidae)" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 1148: 1–25.