''Paracrangonyx'' is a

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of amphipods in the

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Paracrangonyctidae, comprising two species, ''Paracrangonyx compactus'' and ''Paracrangonyz winterbourni''. ''P. compactus'' is found only in

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, at

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, Leeston, and

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. It is hypogean, found up to below ground. ''P. winterbourni'' has only been found at Templeton, on the Canterbury Plains of

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3933145 Gammaridea Freshwater crustaceans of New Zealand Taxa named by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing