A new family, genus and species of freshwater amphipod Australomicroprotopus megacoxa gen. nov. sp. nov. (Senticaudata, Corophiidea, Microprotopoidea, Australomicroprotopidae fam. nov.) from Australia.

Alan A Myers James K Lowry Zac Billingham

Zootaxa

Water Sciences, Natural Resources and Heritage, GHD, 180 Lonsdale St, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. - PhD candidate, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia.; Email:

Published: September 2016

A new species of fresh-water amphipod is described from Australia. Australomicroprotopus megacoxa gen. nov. sp. nov. It is placed in a new family, the Australomicroprotopidae fam. nov. and is fully described and figured.

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