Amaryllididae
Amaryllididae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Suborder: | Gammaridea |
Family: | Amaryllididae Lowry & Stoddart, 2002 |
Type genus | |
Amaryllis Haswell, 1879 [1] |
Amaryllididae is a family of marine benthic amphipods found throughout the southern hemisphere. These smooth, laterally compressed amphipods can be distinguished by the accessory setal row of the mandible having a distal tuft.[2] It contains the following genera:[3]
- Amaryllis Haswell, 1879
- Bamarooka Lowry & Stoddart, 2002
- Bathyamaryllis Pirlot, 1933
- Bertoliella
- Devo Lowry & Stoddart, 2002
- Erikus Lowry & Stoddart, 1987
- Pseudamaryllis Andres, 1981
- Vijaya Walker, 1904
- Wonga Lowry & Stoddart, 2002
References
- ↑ J. K. Lowry & H. E. Stoddart (2002). "The Amaryllididae of Australia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 54 (2): 129–214. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1363.
- ↑ J. K. Lowry & R. T. Springthorpe (September 1, 2001). "Amaryllidid group". Amphipoda: Families and Subfamilies. Australian Museum. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ WoRMS (2010). J. Lowry, ed. "Amaryllididae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
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