''Cressa'' is a genus of
amphipod
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 9,900 amphipod species so far descr ...
crustacean
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 group ...
s in the family
Creesidae,
with species living in depths from 31 to 820 meters.
Species
These species were placed by 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 ...
.
* ''
Cressa abyssicola'' G. O. Sars, 1879
* ''
Cressa bereskini''
Gurjanova, 1936
* ''
Cressa carinata'' Stephensen, 1931
* ''
Cressa cristata'' Myers, 1969
* ''
Cressa dubia'' Spence Bate, 1857
* ''
Cressa jeanjusti'' Krapp-Schickel, 2005
* ''
Cressa mediterranea'' Ruffo, 1979
* ''
Cressa minuta'' Boeck, 1871
* ''
Cressa quinquedentata'' Stephensen, 1931
References
Amphipod genera
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