| Iphimedia | |
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| Iphimedia gibba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Iphimediidae |
| Genus: | Iphimedia Rathke, 1843 [1] |
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Iphimedia is a genus of amphipods which belongs to the family Iphimediidae in the arthropod group Amphipoda.[1] It is the only genus of the family to have species which live in tropical waters. All other genera of the family are only found in cold or deep oceans.[2]
- ^ a b D. Bellan-Santini & M. J. Costello (2001). "Iphimedia Rathke, 1843". European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
- ^ J. D. Thomas & J. L. Barnard (1991). "A review of the genus Iphimedia (Crustacea: Amphipoda) with descriptions of three new species from Australia, Papua New Guinea and Florida". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 5 (2): 469–485. doi:10.1071/IT9910469.