Paracalliope
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Paracalliope is a genus of amphipod crustaceans that live in Australasia. They include the most common freshwater amphipods in New Zealand, where they are particularly frequent in slow-flowing reaches of rivers.[1] They shelter among weed beds and are important prey items for fish such as the New Zealand smelt, Retropinna retropinna, which are in turn important prey for the freshwater eels Anguilla australis and Anguilla dieffenbachii. Paracalliope acts as an intermediate host for the nematode Hedruris spinigera, which can thus reach their primary host, the eel.[2]
Species
Ten species have been described:[3][4]
- Paracalliope australis (Haswell, 1880) – Script error: No such module "flag".
- Paracalliope bacescui Ortiz & Lalana, 1997 – Script error: No such module "flag".
- Paracalliope dichotomus Morino, 1991 – Script error: No such module "flag".
- Paracalliope fluviatilis (Thomson, 1879) – Script error: No such module "flag".
- Paracalliope karitane Barnard, 1972 – Script error: No such module "flag".
- Paracalliope larai Knott, 1975 – Script error: No such module "flag".
- Paracalliope lowryi Barnard & Drummond, 1992 – Script error: No such module "flag".
- Paracalliope mapela Myers, 1985 – Script error: No such module "flag".
- Paracalliope novaecaledoniae Ruffo & Paiotta, 1972 – Script error: No such module "flag".
- Paracalliope vicinus Barnard & Drummond, 1992 – Script error: No such module "flag".