''Nototropis'' is a genus of
amphipod
Amphipoda () is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods () range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 10,700 amphipod species cur ...
crustacean
Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...
s, in the family,
Atylidae
Atylidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipod crustaceans, containing the following genera:
*''Anatylus'' Bulycheva, 1955
*''Kamehatylus'' J. L. Barnard, 1970
*''Austroniphargus'' Monod, 1925
*''Sandro (genus), Sandro'' Karaman & ...
, and was first described by
Achille Costa
Achille Costa (10 August 1823, Lecce – 17 November 1899 Rome) was an Italian zoologist working mainly in entomology who was appointed director of the Zoological Museum of Naples. He founded the entomological collections in Naples and describe ...
in 1853.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
* ''
Nototropis brevitarsus''
Ledoyer, 1979
* ''
Nototropis comes''
Giles, 1888
* ''
Nototropis dentatus''
Schellenberg, 1931
* ''
Nototropis falcatus''
(Metzer, 1871)
* ''
Nototropis granulosus''
Walker, 1904
* ''
Nototropis guttatus''
Costa, 1853
* ''
Nototropis homochir''
(Haswell, 1885)
* ''
Nototropis massiliensis''
Bellan-Santini, 1975
* ''
Nototropis megalops''
Moore, 1984
* ''
Nototropis melanops''
Oldevig, 1959
* ''
Nototropis minikoi''
(A. O. Walker, 1905)
* ''
Nototropis nordlandicus''
Boeck, 1871
* ''
Nototropis reductus''
K. H. Barnard, 1930
* ''
Nototropis serratus''
Schellenberg, 1925
* ''
Nototropis smitti''
Goës, 1866
* ''
Nototropis swammerdamei''
(Milne-Edwards, 1830)
* ''
Nototropis taupo''
J. L. Barnard, 1972
* ''
Nototropis tulearensis''
(Ledoyer, 1982)
* ''
Nototropis urocarinatus''
McKinney, 1980
* ''
Nototropis vedlomensis''
Bate & Westwood, 1863
References
Amphilochidea
Amphipod genera
Crustaceans described in 1853
Taxa named by Achille Costa
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