Biology:Rhepoxynius
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Short description: Genus of crustaceans
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Phoxocephalidae |
| Subfamily: | Phoxocephalinae |
| Genus: | Rhepoxynius J.L. Bernard, 1979 |
Rhepoxynius is a genus of amphipod.[1][2] It is found along the east and west coasts of North America.[3]
Taxonomy
The genus Rhepoxynius contains the following species:
- Rhepoxynius abronius
- Rhepoxynius barnardi
- Rhepoxynius bicuspidatus
- Rhepoxynius boreovariatus
- Rhepoxynius daboius
- Rhepoxynius epistomus
- Rhepoxynius fatigans
- Rhepoxynius gemmatus
- Rhepoxynius heterocuspidatus
- Rhepoxynius homocuspidatus
- Rhepoxynius lucubrans
- Rhepoxynius menziesi
- Rhepoxynius pallidus
- Rhepoxynius stenodes
- Rhepoxynius tridentatus
- Rhepoxynius variatus
- Rhepoxynius vigitegus
Etymology
The name Rhepoxynius comes from rhepo, meaning "slope", and oxyno, meaning "sharpen".[2]
References
- ↑ "Genus Rhepoxynius" (in en-US). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158145.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Barnard, J. L. (1979). "Revision Of American Species Of The Marine Amphipod Genus Paraphoxus Gammaridea Phoxocephalidae". Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington 92: 368–379. https://biostor.org/reference/81280.
- ↑ Barnard, J. L.; Barnard, C. M. (1982). "The genus Rhepoxynius (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Phoxocephalidae) in American seas" (in en). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (357): 1–49. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.357. https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5445.
Wikidata ☰ Q4470803 entry
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