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Paracalliope
''Paracalliope'' is a genus of amphipod crustaceans that live in Australasia. They include the most common freshwater amphipods in New Zealand, where they are particularly frequent in slow-flowing reaches of rivers. They shelter among weed beds and are important prey items for fish such as the New Zealand smelt, ''Retropinna retropinna'', which are in turn important prey for the freshwater eels ''Anguilla australis'' and '' Anguilla dieffenbachii''. ''Paracalliope'' acts as an intermediate host for the nematode '' Hedruris spinigera'', which can thus reach their primary host, the eel. Species Ten species have been described: *'' Paracalliope australis'' (Haswell, 1880) – *'' Paracalliope bacescui'' Ortiz & Lalana, 1997 – *'' Paracalliope dichotomus'' Morino, 1991 – *''Paracalliope fluviatilis ''Paracalliope fluviatilis'' is a species of amphipod in the family Paracalliopiidae Paracalliopiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: *'' Doowia'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paracalliope Vicinus
''Paracalliope'' is a genus of Amphipoda, amphipod crustaceans that live in Australasia. They include the most common freshwater amphipods in New Zealand, where they are particularly frequent in slow-flowing reaches of rivers. They shelter among weed beds and are important prey items for fish such as the New Zealand smelt, ''Retropinna retropinna'', which are in turn important prey for the freshwater eels ''Short-finned eel, Anguilla australis'' and ''New Zealand longfin eel, Anguilla dieffenbachii''. ''Paracalliope'' acts as an intermediate host for the nematode ''Hedruris spinigera'', which can thus reach their primary host, the eel. Species Ten species have been described: *''Paracalliope australis'' (Haswell, 1880) – *''Paracalliope bacescui'' Ortiz & Lalana, 1997 – *''Paracalliope dichotomus'' Morino, 1991 – *''Paracalliope fluviatilis'' (Thomson, 1879) – *''Paracalliope karitane'' Barnard, 1972 – *''Paracalliope larai'' Knott, 1975 – *''Paracalliope lowry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |