Iphimedia (arthropod)
| Iphimedia | |
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| Iphimedia gibba | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Suborder: | Gammaridea |
| Family: | Iphimediidae |
| Genus: | Iphimedia Rathke, 1843 [1] |
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Iphimedia is a genus of amphipods which belongs to the family Iphimediidae in the arthropod group Amphipoda.[1] It is the only genus of the family to have species which live in tropical waters. All other genera of the family are only found in cold or deep oceans.[2]
Species
Species in the genus Iphimedia include:
- Iphimedia capicola K. H. Barnard, 1932
- Iphimedia discreta Stebbing, 1910
- Iphimedia eblanae Bate, 1857
- Iphimedia gibba K. H. Barnard, 1940
- Iphimedia gladiolus K. H. Barnard 1937
- Iphimedia haurakiensis
- Iphimedia hedgpethi (J. L. Barnard, 1969)
- Iphimedia minuta G. O. Sars, 1882
- Iphimedia nexa Myers and McGrath, 1987
- Iphimedia obesa Rathke, 1843
- Iphimedia orchestimana Ruffo, 1959
- Iphimedia perplexa Myers and Costello, 1987
- Iphimedia rickettsi (Shoemaker, 1931)
- Iphimedia spatula Myers and McGrath, 1987
- Iphimedia warraina Thomas and Barnard, 1991
- Iphimedia xesta Thomas and Barnard, 1991
- Iphimedia zora Thomas and J. L. Barnard, 1991
References
- 1 2 D. Bellan-Santini & M. J. Costello (2001). "Iphimedia Rathke, 1843". European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
- ↑ J. D. Thomas & J. L. Barnard (1991). "A review of the genus Iphimedia (Crustacea: Amphipoda) with descriptions of three new species from Australia, Papua New Guinea and Florida". Invertebrate Taxonomy 5 (2): 469–485. doi:10.1071/IT9910469.
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