Chaetocorophium

Chaetocorophium is a monotypic[4] genus of amphipods in the family Corophiidae, containing only the species Chaetocorophium lucasi. Chaetocorophium is very closely related to Paracorophium, and some researchers propose synonymising the two genera.[3]

Chaetocorophium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Suborder:	Corophiidea
Family:	Corophiidae
Genus:	Chaetocorophium Karaman, 1979 [1]
Species:	C. lucasi
Binomial name
Chaetocorophium lucasi (Hurley, 1954) [2]
Synonyms
Paracorophium lucasi Hurley, 1954 [3]

C. lucasi is endemic to New Zealand, where it is found only in a few sites in the North Island (Lake Rotorua, Lake Waikare, Lake Rotoiti, at Whakatane, Raglan, Waitara, and Wanganui) and in lakes and intertidal mudflats across South Island. It is epigean,[4] and was listed as "Sparse" in the 2002 New Zealand Threat Classification System list for freshwater invertebrates.[5]

References

1. Gordon S. Karaman (1979). "Contributions to the knowledge of the Amphipoda 100". Glasnik Republickog Zavoda za Zastitu Prirode i Prirodnjackog Museja iu Titogradu. 12: 87–100. |chapter= ignored (help)
2. D. E. Hurley (1954). "Studies on the New Zealand amphipodan fauna No. 7. The family Corophiidae, including a new species of Paracorophium". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 82: 431–460.
3. Ann M. Chapman; Ian D. Hogg; Kareen E. Schnabel; Mark I. Stevens (2002). "Synonymy of the New Zealand corophiid amphipod genus, Chaetocorophium Karaman, 1979, with Paracorophium Stebbing, 1899: morphological and genetic evidence" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 32 (2): 229–241. doi:10.1080/03014223.2002.9517693. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2008.
4. Graham D. Fenwick (2001). "The freshwater Amphipoda (Crustacea) of New Zealand: a review" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 31 (2): 341–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.2001.9517658. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2008.
5. "Freshwater invertebrates". New Zealand Threat Classification System lists – 2002. Department of Conservation. Retrieved 30 December 2009.