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Metacrangonyx Chevreux, 1909 
AphiaID: 545470

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Senticaudata (Suborder) > Hadziida (Infraorder) > Hadziidira (Parvorder) > Hadzioidea (Superfamily) > Metacrangonyctidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Metacrangonyx longipes Chevreux, 1909 (type by monotypy)
Parent Metacrangonyctidae Boutin & Missouli, 1988
Synonymised
taxa		  Afrocrangonyx G. Karaman, 1981
 Pygocrangonyx Karaman & Barnard, 1979
Source Not documented
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Metacrangonyx antennatus Messouli, El Alami El Filali, Coineau & Boutin, 2008
Species Metacrangonyx aroudanensis Messouli, Boutin & Coineau, 1991
Species Metacrangonyx delamarei Messouli, Boutin & Coineau, 1991
Species Metacrangonyx dominicanus Jaume & Christensen, 2001
Species Metacrangonyx gineti Boutin & Messouli, 1988
Species Metacrangonyx goulmimensis Messouli, Boutin & Coineau, 1991
Species Metacrangonyx ilvanus Stock, 1997
Species Metacrangonyx knidirii Oulbaz, Messouli, Coineau & Boutin, 1998
Species Metacrangonyx longicaudus Ruffo, 1954
Species Metacrangonyx longipes Chevreux, 1909
Species Metacrangonyx ortali G. Karaman, 1989
Species Metacrangonyx panousei Ruffo, 1953
Species Metacrangonyx remyi Ruffo, 1953
Species Metacrangonyx repens (Stock & Rondé-Broekhuizen, 1986)
Species Metacrangonyx ruffoi Messouli, Boutin & Coineau, 1991
Species Metacrangonyx samanensis Jaume & Christensen, 2001
Species Metacrangonyx sinaicus Ruffo, 1982
Species Metacrangonyx spinicaudata Karaman & Pesce, 1980
Environment fresh
Link To GenBank
Note  Synonymy: Synonymy according to Messouli, 1988. Still need Afrocrangonyx species. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545470
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2010-11-16 10:52:15Z  created  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J. (2013). Metacrangonyx Chevreux, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545470 on 2013-05-22
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