''Mexiweckelia'' 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 ...
s in the family
Hadziidae
Hadziidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods, which is difficult to distinguish from the related family Melitidae. It contains the following genera:
*''Allotexiweckelia''
*''Alloweckelia''
*''Dulzura (amphipod), Dulzura''
*''H ...
. There are at least three described species in ''Mexiweckelia''.
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Species
These three species belong to the genus ''Mexiweckelia'':
* ''Mexiweckelia colei
''Mexiweckelia'' is a genus of amphipods in the family Hadziidae
Hadziidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods, which is difficult to distinguish from the related family Melitidae. It contains the following genera:
*''Allote ...
'' Holsinger & W. L. Minckley
Wendell Lee Minckley (November 13, 1935 – June 22, 2001) was a college professor and leading expert on fish. He spent most of his career at Arizona State University. In 1963, he with Robert Rush Miller discovered and named the northern platy ...
, 1971
* ''Mexiweckelia hardeni
''Mexiweckelia hardeni'' is a species of amphipod in the family Hadziidae
Hadziidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods, which is difficult to distinguish from the related family Melitidae. It contains the following genera:
...
'' Holsinger, 1992
* ''Mexiweckelia mitchelli
''Mexiweckelia'' is a genus of amphipods in the family Hadziidae. There are at least three described species in ''Mexiweckelia''.
Species
These three species belong to the genus ''Mexiweckelia'':
* ''Mexiweckelia colei
''Mexiweckelia'' is a g ...
'' Holsinger, 1973
References
Amphipod genera
Taxa named by Wendell L. Minckley
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