Major Group: Crustacea
Minor Group: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Paracalliopiidae
Genus: Paracalliope
This family contains only one freshwater genus in Australia, Paracalliope Stebbing. |
Descriptive Features: head anteroventral margin straight and not excavate
gnathopod 1 sexually dimorphic, gnathopod 2 sexually dimorphic
pereopod 5 basis with posteroventral lobe, pereopod 7 different in structure to pereopod 6
epimeron 2 setose
urosomites 1 free, 2 and 3 coalesced
males larger than females
Total length: 0.81 - 1.60 mm |
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Paracalliope sp. |
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Taxonomic Checklist: Species
Paracalliope larai Knott
Paracalliope vicinus Barnard & Drummond |
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Distribution: Tas, Vic
Sensitivity Rating: SIGNAL grade 3
Functional Feeding Group: shredders |
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Clarence River, Tas |
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Ecology: Instream habitat: Paracalliope occur in lotic freshwaters and also estuarine waters. They may be found in benthic or littoral areas on rock or soft substrata.
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Information Sources: Lowry & Stoddart 2003, Knott 1975, Cummins et al. 2005
Key to Species: King & Bradbury 2012 |
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