Paracorophium

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Amphipoda
Subordo: Corophiidea
Infraordo: Corophiida
Superfamilia: Corophioidea

Familia: Corophiidae
Subfamilia: Corophiinae
Tribus: Paracorophiini
Genus: Paracorophium
Species: P. brisbanense – P. chelatum – P. chilense – P. excavatum – P. hartmannorum – P. lucasi – P. nana
Name

Paracorophium Stebbing, 1899

Synonyms

Chaetocorophium Karaman, 1979

References

Chapman, M.A. 2002: Australasian species of Paracorophium (Crustacea, Amphipoda): the separate identities of P. excavatum (Thompson, 1884) and P. brisbanensis sp. nov. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 32: 203–228.
Chapman, M.A.; Hogg, I.D.; Schnabel, K.E.; Stevens, M.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: 229–241.
Myers, A.A. 2009: Corophiidae. Pp. 373-379 in Lowry, J.K.; Myers, A.A. (eds.) Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef. Zootaxa, 2260: 1–930. Abstract & excerpt PDF
Webber, W.R. et al. 2010: [Chapter] EIGHT Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM CRUSTACEA shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. Pp. 98-232 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3

Paracorophium is a genus of amphipods in the family Corophiidae.
Species

Paracorophium brisbanensis Chapman, 2002
Paracorophium excavatum (Thomson, 1884)
Paracorophium lucasi Hurley, 1954

References

Graham D. Fenwick (2001). "The freshwater Amphipoda (Crustacea) of New Zealand: a review" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 31 (2): 341–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.2001.9517658. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-28.
Ann M. Chapman; Ian D. Hogg; Kareen E. Schnabel; Mark I. Stevens (2002). "Synonymy of the New Zealand corophiid amphipod genus, Chaetocorophium Karaman, 1979, with Paracorophium Stebbing, 1899: morphological and genetic evidence" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 32 (2): 229–241. doi:10.1080/03014223.2002.9517693. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-14.

Further reading
Mark I. Stevens, Ian D. Hogg and M. Ann Chapman (2002). "The corophiid amphipods of Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand: evidence of an Australian crustacean invader". Hydrobiologia. 474 (1–3): 147–154. doi:10.1023/A:1016575519015.
D. E. Hurley (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.