Pallasea

Pallasea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Pallaseidae
Genus: Pallasea
Spence Bate, 1863

Pallasea is a genus of amphipod crustaceans in the family Pallaseidae.[1]

Species

Currently the species in the genus only comprise three taxa from Lake Baikal and the Angara river downstream:[1][2]

  • Pallasea angarensis Dorogostaisky, 1917
  • Pallasea cancellus (Pallas, 1772)
  • Pallasea gerstfeldtii (Dybowsky, 1874)

The concept of the genus was previously wider, comprising also species in the current genera Homalogammarus, Pentagonurus, Babr and Pallaseopsis.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Lowry J, ed. (2026). "Pallasea Spence Bate, 1863". World Amphipoda Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Pallasea". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 October 2021.