Ingolfiellidea

Ingolfiellidea

Ingolfiellidea

Suborder of crustaceans

Ingolfiellidea is a small suborder of amphipods with only two families, Ingolfiellidae and Metaingolfiellidae.[1] They are small, vermiform (worm-like) animals that live "in the soft mud of the deep-sea floor, as well as in high mountain freshwater river beds, or in subterranean fresh, brackish and marine interstitial waters of continental ground waters and continental shelves".[1] Over 30 species are known from two families.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    R. Vonk & F. R. Schram (2003). "Ingolfiellidea (Crustacea, Malacostraca, Amphipoda): a phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis". Contributions to Zoology. 72 (1): 39–72. doi:10.1163/18759866-07201003. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  2. [2]
    New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Dennis P. Gordon. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. 2009–2012. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8. OCLC 340800193.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)


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