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

Kerguelenia Stebbing, 1888

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Kerguelenia borealis Sars, 1891
Kerguelenia reducta Ledoyer, 1977

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). Kergueleniidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) in Australian waters. Zootaxa 2564: 1-30.

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External Links

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Citation

Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C. (2014). Kerguelenia Stebbing, 1888. In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013 onwards) World Amphipoda Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101616

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


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Importance

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Last modified

2010-08-26 by Jim Lowry

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