Parawaldeckia is a genus of amphipod crustacean in the family, Lysianassidae. and was first described by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing in 1910.[2][3] The type species is Parawaldeckia thomsoni (first described in 1906 by Stebbing as Nannonyx thomsoni ).[4]
| Parawaldeckia | |
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| Parawaldeckia sp.[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Lysianassidae |
| Genus: | Parawaldeckia Stebbing,1910 |
| Type species | |
| Parawaldeckia thomsoni (Stebbing, 1906)
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In Australia species of the genus are found in waters off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, and off Macquarie Island and the Australian Antarctic territory.[4] They are also found off New Zealand, off southern South America, and in subantarctic waters.[4] They are bottom dwelling at depths of 200 metres.[4]
The body is segmented and flattened at the side, and there are seven pairs of walking legs at the front and three pairs of small limbs at the back.[1]
Species edit
Species accepted by WoRMS (2022) are:[2]
- Parawaldeckia angusta Lowry & Stoddart, 1983
- Parawaldeckia dabita Lowry & Stoddart, 1983
- Parawaldeckia dilkera J.L. Barnard, 1972
- Parawaldeckia hirsuta Lowry & Stoddart, 1983
- Parawaldeckia karaka Lowry & Stoddart, 1983
- Parawaldeckia kidderi (S.I. Smith, 1876)
- Parawaldeckia lowryi Myers, 1985
- Parawaldeckia parata Lowry & Stoddart, 1983
- Parawaldeckia pulchra Lowry & Stoddart, 1983
- Parawaldeckia stebbingi (Thomson, 1893)
- Parawaldeckia stephenseni Hurley & Cooper, 1974
- Parawaldeckia suzae Lowry & Stoddart, 1983
- Parawaldeckia thomsoni (Stebbing, 1906)
- Parawaldeckia vesca Lowry & Stoddart, 1983
- Parawaldeckia yamba J.L. Barnard, 1972
References edit
- ^ a b "Amphipoda, Amphipod". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ a b Claude De Broyer, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2022). Lowry J (ed.). "Parawaldeckia Stebbing, 1910". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ T.R.R. Stebbing (1910). "Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. "Thetis" Crustacea Part V. Amphipoda". The Australian Museum Memoir. 4 (12): 567-658, pls 47-60 [571]. ISSN 0067-1967. Wikidata Q114580054.
- ^ a b c d "Australian Faunal Directory: Parawaldeckia". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 10 October 2022.