Eophliantidae 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 ...
, containing the following genera:
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Bircenna''
Chilton, 1884
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Ceinina''
Stephensen, 1933
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Cylindryllioides''
Nichols, 1938
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Eophliantis''
Sheard, 1936
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Lignophliantis''
J. L. Barnard, 1969
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Wandelia''
Chevreux, 1906
They have a wide distribution in the world's
ocean
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s, and live among
algae
Algae ( , ; : alga ) is an informal term for any organisms of a large and diverse group of photosynthesis, photosynthetic organisms that are not plants, and includes species from multiple distinct clades. Such organisms range from unicellular ...
.
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Talitrida
Amphipod families
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