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Amphipoda

(Order)

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Taxonomy

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The Order Amphipoda is further organized into finer groupings including:

Families

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Acanthogammaridae

Acanthogammaridae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, endemic to Lake Baikal. It contains the following subfamilies and genera: [more]

Acanthonotozomatidae

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Acanthonotozomellidae

Acanthonotozomatidae is a family of Amphipoda comprising five genera (including those previously placed in the family Acanthonotozomellidae): [more]

Aeginellidae

Caprellidae is a family of amphipods commonly known as skeleton shrimps. Their common name denotes the threadlike slender body which allows them to virtually disappear among the fine filaments of seaweed, hydroids and bryozoans. They are sometimes also known as ghost shrimps. Caprellidae contains 88 genera in three subfamilies. [more]

Allocrangonyctidae

Allocrangonyx is a genus of troglobitic amphipod crustaceans from the South Central United States. The two species are both listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. The animals are blind and unpigmented. During the male's development, the outer ramus of the third uropod differentiates into secondary segments and grows to a length greater than the animal's body length. [more]

Amaryllididae

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. It contains the following genera: [more]

Amathillopsidae

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Ampeliscidae

Ampeliscidae is a family of amphipods, distinct enough to warrant placement in a monotypic superfamily Ampeliscoidea. They are benthic, found at the bottom of seas and oceans. They are distributed worldwide, and are often abundant in areas with fine sediments. They live in infaunal tubes, constructed from "amphipod silk" and sediment. [more]

Amphilochidae

Amphilochidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, containing the following genera: [more]

Amphithoidae

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Amphitoidae

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Ampithoidae

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Anamixidae

Leucothoidae is a family of amphipods. It contains 138 species in 6 genera: [more]

Anapronoidae

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Anatylidae

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Anisogammaridae

Anisogammaridae is a family of small benthic amphipods. [more]

Aoridae

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Archaeoscinidae

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Argissidae

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Aristiidae

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Artesiidae

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Astyridae

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Bateidae

Bateidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, comprising the single genus Batea, which in turn contains thirteen species: [more]

Biancolinidae

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Bogidiellidae

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Bougisidae

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Calliopidae

Calliopiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]

Calliopiidae

Calliopiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]

Caprellidae

Caprellidae is a of amphipods. [more]

Caprellidea

Caprellinoididae

Caprellidae is a family of amphipods commonly known as skeleton shrimps. Their common name denotes the threadlike slender body which allows them to virtually disappear among the fine filaments of seaweed, hydroids and bryozoans. They are sometimes also known as ghost shrimps. Caprellidae contains 88 genera in three subfamilies. [more]

Caprogammaridae

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Carangoliopsidae

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Caspicolidae

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Ceinidae

Ceinidae is a family of amphipods. Until 1972, they were considered part of the family Phliantidae. Some genera previously included in this family have been transferred to the family Hyalidae. [more]

Cheluridae

Cheluridae is a family of amphipods. It is the only family classified under the superfamily Cheluroidea. [more]

Chuneolidae

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Colomastigidae

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Condukiidae

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Corophiidae

Corophiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]

Crangonyctidae

Crangonyctidae is a family of cave-dwelling freshwater amphipod crustaceans. It contains the following genera: [more]

Cressidae

Cressidae is a family of amphipods. The family contains two genera: [more]

Cyamidae

A whale louse is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cyamidae. They are related to the better-known skeleton shrimp, most species of which are found in shallower waters. Whale lice are external parasites, found in skin lesions, genital folds, nostrils and eyes of marine mammals of the order Cetacea. These include not only whales but also dolphins and porpoises. [more]

Cyllopodidae

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Cyphocarididae

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Cyproideidae

Cyproideidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. Eighteen genera and 43 species have been described as of 2009. They mostly occur mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, where they form associations with corals, sponges, crinoids and hydroids. [more]

Cystisomatidae

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Dairellidae

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Dexaminidae

Dexaminidae is a family of amphipods. It contains the following genera: [more]

Dogielinotidae

Dogielinotidae is a family of amphipods. It is currently subdivided into three subfamilies, containing a total of twelve genera: [more]

Dulichiidae

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Endevouridae

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Eophliantidae

Eophliantidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]

Epimeriidae

Epimeriidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]

Eusiridae

Eusiridae is a family of amphipods. It contains the following genera: [more]

Exoedicerotidae

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Gammaracanthidae

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Gammarellidae

Gammarellidae is a family of amphipods containing three genera: [more]

Gammaridae

Gammaridae is a family of amphipods. In North America they are included among the folk taxonomic category of "scuds", and otherwise gammarids is usually used as a common name. [more]

Gammaroporeiidae

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Hadziidae

Hadziidae is a family of amphipods, which is difficult to distinguish from the related family Melitidae. It contains the following genera: [more]

Haustoriidae

Haustoriidae is a family of amphipods. They are very distinctive stout-bodied burrowing animals. [more]

Hyalellidae

Dogielinotidae is a family of amphipods. It is currently subdivided into three subfamilies, containing a total of twelve genera: [more]

Hyalidae

Hyalidae is a family of amphipods, containing 12 genera in two unequal subfamilies: [more]

Hyperiidae

Hyperiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]

Hyperiopsidae

Hyperiopsidae is a family of amphipods, comprising the genera and Parargissa. [more]

Ingolfiellidae

Ingolfiellidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, comprising the following genera: [more]

Iphimediidae

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Isaeidae

Isaeidae is a family of amphipods. It is the only family classified under the superfamily Isaeoidea. It contains the following genera: [more]

Ischyroceridae

Ischyroceridae is a family of amphipods. It contains the following genera: [more]

Iulopididae

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Kuriidae

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Lafystiidae

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Lanceolidae

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Laphystiidae

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Laphystiopsidae

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Lepechinellidae

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Lestrigonidae

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Leucothoidae

Leucothoidae is a family of amphipods. It contains 138 species in 6 genera: [more]

Liljeborgiidae

Liljeborgiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]

Lycaeidae

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Lycaeopsidae

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Lysianassidae

Lysianassidae is a family of marine amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]

Macrohectopidae

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Malacostraca

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Maxillipiidae

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Megaluropidae

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Melitidae

Melitidae is a family of amphipods. It contains around 45 genera, and formerly included a further 40 genera that are now placed in the family . [more]

Melphidippidae

Melphidippidae is a family of amphipods which rest upside-down and feed on particles of food suspended in the water. Three genera are recognised: [more]

Mesogammaridae

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Metaingolfiellidae

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Microphasmatidae

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Microphasmidae

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Mimonectidae

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Najnidae

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Neomegamphopidae

Neomegamphopidae is a family of amphipods, comprising the two genera and Neomegamphopus. A third genus, Komatopus, may be a synonym of Magaropsis. [more]

Neoniphargidae

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Nihotungidae

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Niphargidae

Niphargidae is a family of amphipods. It contains the following genera: [more]

Ochlesidae

Ochlesidae is a family of amphipods. They are very small, often less than 1.5 millimetres (0.06 in) long, and are found mainly in tropical and subtropical areas of the Southern Hemisphere. The family Odiidae has sometimes been subsumed into Ochlesidae. [more]

Odiidae

Odiidae is a family of amphipods, sometimes included in the family Ochlesidae. It includes the following genera: [more]

Oedicerotidae

Oedicerotidae is a family of amphipods. It comprises the following genera: [more]

Opisidae

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Orchestiidae

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Oxycephalidae

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Pagetinidae

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Paracalliopiidae

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Paracercopidae

Caprellidae is a family of amphipods commonly known as skeleton shrimps. Their common name denotes the threadlike slender body which allows them to virtually disappear among the fine filaments of seaweed, hydroids and bryozoans. They are sometimes also known as ghost shrimps. Caprellidae contains 88 genera in three subfamilies. [more]

Paracrangonytidae

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Paramelitidae

Paramelitidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]

Paramphithoidae

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Paraphronimidae

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Parascelidae

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Pardaliscidae

Pardaliscidae is a family of amphipods, including the deepest collections made by the Galathea expeditions. It contains the following genera: [more]

Pariambidae

Caprellidae is a family of amphipods commonly known as skeleton shrimps. Their common name denotes the threadlike slender body which allows them to virtually disappear among the fine filaments of seaweed, hydroids and bryozoans. They are sometimes also known as ghost shrimps. Caprellidae contains 88 genera in three subfamilies. [more]

Phliantidae

Phliantidae is a family of isopod-like amphipod crustaceans chiefly from the southern hemisphere. [more]

Photidae

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Phoxocephalidae

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Phreatogammaridae

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Phronimidae

Phronimidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, containing two genera: [more]

Phrosinidae

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Phtisicidae

Caprellidae is a family of amphipods commonly known as skeleton shrimps. Their common name denotes the threadlike slender body which allows them to virtually disappear among the fine filaments of seaweed, hydroids and bryozoans. They are sometimes also known as ghost shrimps. Caprellidae contains 88 genera in three subfamilies. [more]

Platyischnopidae

Platyischnopidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. Its members are characterised by the conical rostrum, which is covered with sensory pits at the end. Although digging behaviour has only been directly observed in a few taxa, it is assumed that all the animals in the family Platyischnopidae are . The genera included in Platyischnopidae are Skaptopus, Platyischnopus, Indischnopus, Tiburonella, Eudevenopus, Tittakunara, Tomituka and Yurrokus. [more]

Platyscelidae

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Pleustidae

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Podoceridae

Podoceridae is a family of amphipods. It contains eight genera: [more]

Pontogammaridae

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Pontogeneiidae

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Pontoporeiidae

Pontoporeiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]

Pronoidae

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Prophliantidae

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Proscinidae

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Protellidae

Caprellidae is a family of amphipods commonly known as skeleton shrimps. Their common name denotes the threadlike slender body which allows them to virtually disappear among the fine filaments of seaweed, hydroids and bryozoans. They are sometimes also known as ghost shrimps. Caprellidae contains 88 genera in three subfamilies. [more]

Pseudocrangonyctidae

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Salentinellidae

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Scinidae

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Scopelocheiridae

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Sebidae

Sebidae is a family of amphipods. Its members are disjunctly distributed, occurring in the Mediterranean Sea, eastern and southern parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the southern United States, the Hawaiian Islands, the Indian Ocean, Antarctica and Australia. [more]

Sicafodiidae

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Stegocephalidae

Stegocephalidae is a little-studied family of amphipods belonging to the suborder Gammaridea. [more]

Stenothoidae

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Stilipedidae

Stilipedidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]

Synopiidae

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Talitridae

Talitridae is a family of amphipods. Commonly, many of the North American fresh water species of this family are called scuds. Terrestrial species are often referred to as landhoppers and beach dwellers are called sandhoppers or sand fleas. Marine amphipods are often washed up in the strandline, but die rapidly on drying out. Talitrids differ in being able to survive for a long time out of water; some Southern Hemisphere species are entirely terrestrial. [more]

Temnophliantidae

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Thaumatelsonidae

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Thaumatopsidae

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Tulearidae

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Typhlogammaridae

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Uristidae

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Urohaustoriidae

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Urothoidae

Urothoidae is a family of small marine amphipod crustaceans. Members of the family are found worldwide and are mainly detrivores and interface grazers, though some are also facultative filter feeders. [more]

Valettidae

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Vibiliidae

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Vitjazianidae

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Zobrachoidae

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More info about the Family Zobrachoidae may be found here.

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Last Revised: October 03, 2013
2013/10/03 16:31:05