''Paracorophium excavatum'' is a
species
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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 ...
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 ...
. It has been confused with other species, such that the only reliable record is from its
type locality at
Brighton
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Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
,
Otago
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.
References
Corophiidea
Freshwater crustaceans of New Zealand
Crustaceans described in 1884
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