Family IZINKALIDAE Lowry & Stoddart, 2010

Izinkala griffithsi

© Copyright from Lowry & Stoddart, 2010: fig. 1

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Introduction

The Izinkalidae is a remarkable monotypic family until recently known only from deep water off eastern South Africa and south-western Madagascar (Griffiths, 1977; Ledoyer, 1986). Lowry and Stoddart (2010c) recently reported the first Australian izinkalid from the continental shelf off eastern Australia. They found it difficult to align the izinkalids with other lysianassoid family-level taxa. Izinkalids, like bolttsiids appear to be post-gondwanan relicts indicating a past faunal relationship between Australia and South Africa.

General References

Griffiths, C.L. 1977. The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises. Part 6. Amphipoda. Annals of the South African Museum 74(4): 105-123

Ledoyer, M. 1986. Crustacés Amphipodes Gammariens familles des Haustoriidae à Vitjazianidae. Faune de Madagascar 59(2): 599-1112

Lowry, J.K. & Stoddart, H.E. 2010. The family Izinkalidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) in Australian waters. Zootaxa 2532: 64-68

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