Paracalliope Explained
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) –
- Paracalliope bacescui Ortiz & Lalana, 1997 –
- Paracalliope dichotomus Morino, 1991 –
- Paracalliope fluviatilis (Thomson, 1879) –
- Paracalliope karitane Barnard, 1972 –
- Paracalliope larai Knott, 1975 –
- Paracalliope lowryi Barnard & Drummond, 1992 –
- Paracalliope mapela Myers, 1985 –
- Paracalliope novaecaledoniae Ruffo & Paiotta, 1972 –
- Paracalliope vicinus Barnard & Drummond, 1992 –
Notes and References
- Web site: Paracalliope . More information on macroinvertebrates . . 13 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121027033101/http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/abtcit/ei/ecowtr/macroinv/bugsadultinfo.asp#paracalliope . 27 October 2012 . dead .
- D. J. Jellyman . 1989 . Occurrence of the nematode Hedruris spinigera in the stomachs of freshwater eels . . 16 . 185–189 . 10.1080/03014223.1989.10422567.
- New amphipod species described in the period 1974–2004, ordered by family . Wim Vader . 2005 . Amphipod Newsletter . 30 . 1–56 . 13 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608071630/http://uit.no/getfile.php?PageId=324&FileId=1086 . 8 June 2011 . dead .
- The freshwater Amphipoda (Crustacea) of New Zealand: a review . Graham D. Fenwick . 2001 . . 31 . 2 . 341–363 . 10.1080/03014223.2001.9517658.
