Amaryllididae is a family of marine

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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 ...

s found throughout the southern hemisphere. These smooth, laterally compressed amphipods can be distinguished by the accessory

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l row of the mandible having a

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tuft. It was first described in 2002 by James K. Lowry and Helen E. Stoddart. It contains the following genera: *''

Amaryllis ''Amaryllis'' () is the only genus in the subtribe Amaryllidinae (tribe Amaryllideae). It is a small genus of flowering bulbs, with two species. The better known of the two, '' Amaryllis belladonna'', is a native of the Western Cape region of ...

'' Haswell, 1879 *'' Bamarooka'' Lowry & Stoddart, 2002 *'' Bathyamaryllis'' Pirlot, 1933 *'' Bertoliella'' *''

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'' Lowry & Stoddart, 2002 *'' Erikus'' Lowry & Stoddart, 1987 *'' Pseudamaryllis'' Andres, 1981 *''

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'' Walker, 1904 *''

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'' Lowry & Stoddart, 2002

References

Amphilochidea Amphipod families Crustaceans described in 2002 Taxa named by James K. Lowry {{Amphipod-stub