Alicellidae is a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

amphipod Amphipoda () is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods () range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 10,700 amphipod species cur ...

crustacean Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...

s, which live as

scavenger Scavengers are animals that consume Corpse decomposition, dead organisms that have died from causes other than predation or have been killed by other predators. While scavenging generally refers to carnivores feeding on carrion, it is also a he ...

s in the deep sea (at depths of ), often in association with

hydrothermal vent Hydrothermal vents are fissures on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges. They are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-ocean ridges, ocean basins, and hot ...

s. The family includes the following genera: *''

Alicella ''Alicella gigantea'' is an amphipod inhabiting the deep sea, the largest species ever observed, with some individuals reaching up to long; this species is an example of abyssal gigantism. The monotypic ''Alicella'' lives only at great depths ...

'' Chevreux, 1899 *'' Apotectonia'' Barnard & Ingram, 1990 *'' Diatectonia'' Barnard & Ingram, 1990 *'' Paralicella'' Chevreux, 1908 *'' Tectovalopsis'' Barnard & Ingram, 1990 *'' Transtectonia'' Barnard & Ingram, 1990 *''

Civifractura ''Civifractura'' is a monotypic genus of deep sea amphipods in the family, Alicellidae, first described in 2020 by Johanna Weston, Rachael Peart, and Alan Jamieson. The specific name of its only species, ''Civifractura serendipia'', refers to i ...

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