Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Gammaridea > Superfamily Lysianassoidea > Family Hirondelleidae

Hirondellea Chevreux, 1889

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Hirondella synonym

Children

Hirondellea abyssalis (Stephensen, 1923)
Hirondellea brevicaudata Chevreux, 1910
Hirondellea namarensis Horton & Thurston, 2013
Hirondellea trioculata Chevreux, 1889

Literature

basis of record

Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 295-308

identification resource

Lowry J.K. & Stoddart H.E. (2010). The deep-sea scavenging genus Hirondellea (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Hirondelleidae fam. nov.) in Australian waters. Zootaxa 2329: 37-55.

identification resource

Horton, T. & Thurston, M., (2013) Hirondellea namarensis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Hirondelleidae), a new deep-water scavenger species from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Marine Biology Research. 9, 5-6 554-562.

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Citation

Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C. (2014). Hirondellea Chevreux, 1889. In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013 onwards) World Amphipoda Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101612

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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2010-08-23 by Jim Lowry

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