Pallasea
Genus of crustaceans
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Pallasea is a genus of amphipod crustaceans in the family Pallaseidae.[1]
| Pallasea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Pallaseidae |
| Genus: | Pallasea Spence Bate, 1863 |
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]