Pallasea
Appearance
Pallasea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]
- Pallasea angarensis Dorogostaisky, 1917
- Pallasea cancellus (Pallas, 1772)
- Pallasea gerstfeldtii (Dybowsky, 1874)
The concept of the genus was previously wider, comprising also species in the current genera Homalogammarus, Pentagonurus, Babr and Pallaseopsis.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Horton, T. et al. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Pallasea Spence Bate, 1863. Accessed on 2025-05-02
- ^ "Pallasea". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 October 2021.