genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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amphipods
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 descri ...
in the
family
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Corophiidae
Corophiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera:
*'' Americorophium'' Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
*'' Anonychocheirus'' Moore & Myers, 1983
*'' Apocorophium'' Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
*'' Bathyphotis'' Stephensen, 1944
*'' Cha ...
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Species
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Paracorophium brisbanensis
''Paracorophium'' is a genus of amphipods in the family Corophiidae
Corophiidae is a family of amphipods
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in ...
'' Chapman, 2002
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Paracorophium excavatum
''Paracorophium excavatum'' is a species of amphipod in the family Corophiidae. It has been confused with other species, such that the only reliable record is from its type locality at Brighton, Otago
Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a reg ...