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Taxonomy
The Order Amphipoda is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Suborder (4): Caprellidea · Gammaridea · Hyperiidea · Ingolfiellidea
- Infraorder (4): Caprellida · Cyamida · Physocephalata · Physosomata
- Family (156): Acanthogammaridae · Acanthonotozomatidae · Acanthonotozomellidae · Aeginellidae · Allocrangonyctidae · Amaryllididae · Amathillopsidae · Ampeliscidae · Amphilochidae · Amphithoidae · Amphitoidae · Ampithoidae · Anamixidae · Anapronoidae · Anatylidae · Anisogammaridae · Aoridae · Archaeoscinidae · Argissidae &middo; t; Aristiidae · Artesiidae · Astyridae · Bateidae · Biancolinidae · Bogidiellidae · Bougisidae · Calliopidae · Calliopiidae · Caprellidae · Caprellidea · Caprellinoididae · Caprogammaridae · Carangoliopsidae · Caspicolidae · Ceinidae · Cheluridae · Chuneolidae · Colomastigidae · Condukiidae · Corophiidae · Crangonyctidae · Cressidae · Cyamidae · Cyllopodidae · Cyphocarididae · Cyproideidae · Cystisomatidae · Dairellidae · Dexaminidae · Dogielinotidae · Dulichiidae · Endevouridae · Eophliantidae · Epimeriidae · Eusiridae · Exoedicerotidae · Gammaracanthidae · Gammarellidae · Gammaridae · Gammaroporeiidae · Hadziidae · Haustoriidae · Hyalellidae · Hyalidae · Hyperiidae · Hyperiopsidae · Ingolfiellidae · Iphimediidae · Isaeidae · Ischyroceridae · Iulopididae · Kuriidae · Lafystiidae · Lanceolidae · Laphystiidae · Laphystiopsidae · Lepechinellidae · Lestrigonidae · Leucothoidae · Liljeborgiidae · Lycaeidae · Lycaeopsidae · Lysianassidae · Macrohectopidae · Malacostraca · Maxillipiidae · Megaluropidae · Melitidae · Melphidippidae · Mesogammaridae · Metaingolfiellidae · Microphasmatidae · Microphasmidae · Mimonectidae · Najnidae · Neomegamphopidae · Neoniphargidae · Nihotungidae · Niphargidae · Ochlesidae · Odiidae · ; Oedicerotidae · Opisidae · Orchestiidae · Oxycephalidae · Pagetinidae · Paracalliopiidae · Paracercopidae · Paracrangonytidae · Paramelitidae · Paramphithoidae · Paraphronimidae · Parascelidae · Pardaliscidae · Pariambidae · Phliantidae · Photidae · Phoxocephalidae · Phreatogammaridae · Phronimidae · Phrosinidae · Phtisicidae · Platyischnopidae · Platyscelidae · Pleustidae · Podoceridae · Pontogammaridae · Pontogeneiidae · Pontoporeiidae · Pronoidae · Prophliantidae · Proscinidae · Protellidae · Pseudocrangonyctidae · Salentinellidae · Scinidae · Scopelocheiridae · Sebidae · Sicafodiidae · Stegocephalidae · Stenothoidae< /a> · Stilipedidae · Synopiidae · Talitridae · Temnophliantidae · Thaumatelsonidae · Thaumatopsidae · Tulearidae · Typhlogammaridae · Uristidae · Urohaustoriidae · Urothoidae · Valettidae · Vibiliidae · Vitjazianidae · Zobrachoidae
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5,672 species and subspecies in the Order Amphipoda.
Families
Acanthogammaridae
Acanthogammaridae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, endemic to Lake Baikal. It contains the following subfamilies and genera: [more]
Acanthonotozomatidae
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
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
Amphitoidae
Ampithoidae
Anamixidae
Leucothoidae is a family of amphipods. It contains 138 species in 6 genera: [more]
Anapronoidae
Anatylidae
Anisogammaridae
Anisogammaridae is a family of small benthic amphipods. [more]
Aoridae
Archaeoscinidae
Argissidae
Aristiidae
Artesiidae
Astyridae
Bateidae
Bateidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, comprising the single genus Batea, which in turn contains thirteen species: [more]
Biancolinidae
Bogidiellidae
Bougisidae
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
Carangoliopsidae
Caspicolidae
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
Colomastigidae
Condukiidae
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
Cyphocarididae
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
Dairellidae
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
Endevouridae
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
Gammaracanthidae
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
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
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
Kuriidae
Lafystiidae
Lanceolidae
Laphystiidae
Laphystiopsidae
Lepechinellidae
Lestrigonidae
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
Lycaeopsidae
Lysianassidae
Lysianassidae is a family of marine amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]
Macrohectopidae
Malacostraca
Maxillipiidae
Megaluropidae
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
Metaingolfiellidae
Microphasmatidae
Microphasmidae
Mimonectidae
Najnidae
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
Nihotungidae
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
Orchestiidae
Oxycephalidae
Pagetinidae
Paracalliopiidae
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
Paramelitidae
Paramelitidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]
Paramphithoidae
Paraphronimidae
Parascelidae
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
Phoxocephalidae
Phreatogammaridae
Phronimidae
Phronimidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, containing two genera: [more]
Phrosinidae
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
Pleustidae
Podoceridae
Podoceridae is a family of amphipods. It contains eight genera: [more]
Pontogammaridae
Pontogeneiidae
Pontoporeiidae
Pontoporeiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]
Pronoidae
Prophliantidae
Proscinidae
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
Salentinellidae
Scinidae
Scopelocheiridae
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
Stegocephalidae
Stegocephalidae is a little-studied family of amphipods belonging to the suborder Gammaridea. [more]
Stenothoidae
Stilipedidae
Stilipedidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: [more]
Synopiidae
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
Thaumatelsonidae
Thaumatopsidae
Tulearidae
Typhlogammaridae
Uristidae
Urohaustoriidae
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
Vibiliidae
Vitjazianidae
Zobrachoidae
More info about the Family Zobrachoidae may be found here.
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