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  Superfamily Crangonyctoidea

Family Paramelitidae

    Genus Antipodeus
    Genus Aquadulcaris
    Genus Austrocrangonyx
    Genus Austrogammarus
    Genus Chydaekata
    Genus Hurleya
    Genus Kruptus
    Genus Maarrka
    Genus Mathamelita
    Genus Molina
    Genus Paramelita
    Genus Pilbarus
    Genus Protocrangonyx
    Genus Totgammarus
    Genus Toulrabia
    Genus Uroctena

Taxon Information

The Family Paramelitidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Paramelitidae, "Freshwater, epigean and hypogean... Australia, South Africa" (Lowry & Myers, 2012).
• Paramelitidae, [Afrotropical, Australasian; 69 species in 16 genera worldwide] (Väinölä et al., 2008).

Bibliography

• Lowry, J.K. & A.A. Myers. 2012. A phylogeny and classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda). ZooTaxa 3610: 1-80. [Available online]
• Väinölä, R., J.D.S. Witt, M. Grabowski, J.H. Bradbury, K. Jazdzewski & B. Sket. 2008. Global diversity of amphipods (Amphipoda; Crustacea) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 241-255. [Available online]

Web Pages

• World Amphipoda Database
• World Register of Marine Species