Aeginina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Caprellidae
Genus: Aeginina
Norman, 1905

Aeginina is a genus of amphipods in the family Caprellidae. There are at least 2 described species in Aeginina.[1][2]

Illustration from Depths of the Sea[3]

Species

  • Aeginina aenigmatica Laubitz, 1972
  • Aeginina longicornis (Krøyer, 1842) (long-horned skeleton shrimp)

References

  1. "Aeginina Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  2. "Aeginina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  3. Thomson, C. Wyville (1873). Depths of the Sea : an account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning' During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870 under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J.Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S., and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F. R. S. MacMillan.

Further reading

  • McCain, John C. (1968). "The Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the Western North Atlantic". United States National Bulletin, no. 278, 1–147.


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