Chaetocorophium

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Chaetocorophium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Amphipoda Suborder: Corophiidea Family: Corophiidae Genus: Chaetocorophium Karaman, 1979 Species: C. lucasi
Binomial name
Chaetocorophium lucasi (Hurley, 1954)
Synonyms
Paracorophium lucasi

Chaetocorophium is a monotypic^[1] genus of amphipods in the family Corophiidae, containing only the species Chaetocorophium lucasi (Hurley, 1954).

It is found only in New Zealand - in the North Island lakes Rotorua, Waikare, and Rotoiti, and at Whakatane, Raglan, Waitara, and Wanganui - and in the South Island in lakes and intertidal mudflats. It is epigean.^[1]

The genus is very close to Paracorophium, and some researchers propose synonymizing the two genera.^[2]

C. lucasi was listed as "Sparse" in the 2002 New Zealand Threat Classification System list for freshwater invertebrates.^[3]

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} Fenwick 2001: 345f
2. ^ Chapman et al. 2002
3. ^ New Zealand Threat Classification System lists – 2002 - Freshwater invertebrate

[edit] References

• Fenwick, Graham D. (2001): The freshwater Amphipoda (Crustacea) of New Zealand: a review. Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand 31(2): 341-363. PDF — with detailed description of species
• Chapman, M. Ann; Hogg, Ian D.; Schnabel, Kareen E. & Stevens, Mark I. (2002): Synonymy of the New Zealand corophiid amphipod genus, Chaetocorophium Karaman, 1979, with Paracorophium Stebbing, 1899: morphological and genetic evidence. Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand 32(2): 229-241. PDF

[edit] Further reading

• Hurley, D.E. (1954): Studies on the New Zealand amphipodan fauna No. 7. The Family Corophiidae, including a new species of Paracorophium. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 82: 431–460.
• Karaman, Gordan S. (1979): Revision of the genus Paracorophium Stebb. with description of P. chelatum, n. sp. and genus Chaetocorophium, n. gen. (Fam. Corophiidae). (Contributions to the knowledge of the Amphipoda 100.) Glasnik Republickog Zavoda za Zastitu Prirode i Prirodnjackog Museja iu Titogradu 12: 87–100.