Elasmopus
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| Elasmopus | |
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| Elasmopus levis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Maeridae |
| Genus: | Elasmopus Costa, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Elasmopus rapax Costa, 1853 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Neogammaropsis Stout, 1913 | |
Elasmopus is a cosmopolitan[2] genus of amphipods in the family, Maeridae, and was first described in 1853 by Achille Costa.[3][4] The type species is Elasmopus rapax Costa, 1853.[3]