Iphimedia (crustacean)

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]

Iphimedia
Iphimedia gibba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Amphipoda
Suborder:
Gammaridea
Family:
Iphimediidae
Genus:
Iphimedia

Rathke, 1843 [1]
species

See text

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. 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.
  2. 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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