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Microprotopus

Microprotopus is a genus of amphipods belonging to the monotypic family Microprotopidae.

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Microprotopus
Microprotopus maculatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Senticaudata
Infraorder: Corophiida
Parvorder: Caprellidira
Superfamily: Microprotopoidea
Family: Microprotopidae
Myers & Lowry, 2003
Genus: Microprotopus
Norman, 1867

Microprotopus is a genus of amphipods belonging to the monotypic family Microprotopidae.1

The species of this genus are found in Europe, America.1

Species:1

  • Microprotopus bicuspidatus Rabindranath, 1971
  • Microprotopus longimanus Chevreux, 1887
  • Microprotopus maculatus Norman, 1867
  • Microprotopus raneyi Wigley, 1966
  • Microprotopus shoemakeri Lowry, 1972
References

References

  1. "Microprotopus Norman, 1867". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.