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Pallasea

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Pallasea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Pallaseidae
Genus: Pallasea
Spence Bate, 1863

Pallasea is a genus of amphipod crustaceans in the family Pallaseidae.[1]

Currently the species in the genus only comprise three taxa from Lake Baikal and the Angara river downstream.[1][2]

The concept of the genus was previously wider, comprising also species in the current genera Homalogammarus, Pentagonurus, Babr and Pallaseopsis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Horton, T. et al. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Pallasea Spence Bate, 1863. Accessed on 2025-05-02
  2. ^ "Pallasea". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 October 2021.