Ingolfiellidea Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. . 2003 . Ingolfiellidea (Crustacea, Malacostraca, Amphipoda): a phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis . . 72 . 1 . 39–72 . 10.1163/18759866-07201003 . 2010-04-07 . 2013-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014630/http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/ctz/vol72/nr01/art03 . dead . free .
  2. Book: New Zealand inventory of biodiversity . 2009–2012 . Canterbury University Press . Dennis P. Gordon . 978-1-877257-72-8 . Christchurch, N.Z. . 149 . 340800193.

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