Bathynellidae is a family of
crustacea
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...
ns belonging to the order
Bathynellacea
Bathynellacea is an order of crustaceans which live interstitially in groundwater. Some species can tolerate low salt concentrations, and at least one African species is a thermophile, living in hot springs and tolerating temperatures up to . Ba ...
,
first described by
Karl Grobben in 1905.
Genera
The
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms.
Content
The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialist ...
recognises the following genera in family Bathynellidae:
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Agnathobathynella''
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Antrobathynella''
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Austrobathynella''
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Baicalobathynella''
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Bathynella''
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Camachobathynella''
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Clamousella''
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Delamareibathynella''
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Gallobathynella''
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Hispanobathynella''
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Hobbsinella''
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Indobathynella''
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Meridiobathynella''
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Morimotobathynella''
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Nannobathynella''
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Nilobathynella''
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Pacificabathynella''
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Paradoxibathynella''
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Paradoxiclamousella''
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Parameridiobathynella''
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Parauenobathynella''
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Pseudantrobathynella''
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Pseudobathynella''
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Sardobathynella''
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Serbanibathynella''
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Tianschanobathynella''
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Transkeithynella''
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Transvaalthynella''
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Uenobathynella''
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Vandelibathynella''
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Vejdovskybathynella''
Additional genera according to the
Australian Faunal Directory
The Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) is an online catalogue of taxonomic and biological information on all animal species known to occur within Australia. It is a program of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water of th ...
:
[
*'' Fortescuenella''
*'' Pilbaranella''
]
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4513265
Syncarida
Crustacean families