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Iphigenellidae is a freshwater family of
amphipods in the superfamily
Gammaroidea
Gammaroidea is a superfamily of amphipods in the order Amphipoda.
Families
These families belong to the superfamily Gammaroidea:
* Acanthogammaridae Garjajeff, 1901
* Anisogammaridae Bousfield, 1977
* Baikalogammaridae Kamaltynov, 2002
* Ba ...
.
It is found in the
Ponto-Caspian region, which encompasses the
Black
Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have o ...
,
Azov, and
Caspian Caspian can refer to:
*The Caspian Sea
*The Caspian Depression, surrounding the northern part of the Caspian Sea
*The Caspians, the ancient people living near the Caspian Sea
*Caspian languages, collection of languages and dialects of Caspian peopl ...
Seas.
Taxonomy
The family has only one recognised species.
* ''
Iphigenella''
Sars, 1896
** ''
Iphigenella acanthopoda''
Sars, 1896
Two species – ''I. andrussowi'' and ''I. shablensis''
– were, respectively, described by
Sars and Carausu in 1894 and 1943, but these species are no longer recognized.
References
Further reading
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External links
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Gammaridea
Crustaceans described in 2001
Freshwater crustaceans
Crustacean families
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