Cressidae 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 ...
of
amphipods
Amphipoda () is an order (biology), 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 amphip ...
. The family contains two genera:
*''
Cressa''
Boeck, 1857
*''
Cressina''
Stephensen, 1931
References
Amphilochidea
Taxa named by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing
Amphipod families
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