Parawaldeckia
Parawaldeckia sp.[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Lysianassidae
Genus: Parawaldeckia
Stebbing,1910
Type species
Parawaldeckia thomsoni
(Stebbing, 1906)

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]

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

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

  1. 1 2 "Amphipoda, Amphipod". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Australian Faunal Directory: Parawaldeckia". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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