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Gammaridea is one of the
suborder Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...
s of the order
Amphipoda 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 9,900 amphipod species so far desc ...
, comprising small,
shrimp Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...
-like
crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...
s. Until recently, in a traditional classification, it encompassed about 7,275 (92%) of the 7,900 species of amphipods described by then, in approximately 1,000
genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial ...
, divided among around 125
families Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
. That concept of Gammaridea included almost all
freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does in ...
amphipods, while most of the members still were marine. The group is however considered
paraphyletic In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...
, and is under deconstruction by the amphipod taxonomists J. Lowry and A. Myers. In 2003 they moved several families from Gammaridea to join members of the former
Caprellidea Caprelloidea is a superfamily of marine crustaceans in the order Amphipoda. It includes "untypical" forms of amphipods, such as the skeleton shrimps (Caprellidae) and whale lice (Cyamidae). The group was formerly treated as one of the four amphi ...
in a new suborder
Corophiidea Corophiida is an infraorder of amphipods that contains the two parvorders Caprellidira (skeleton shrimp and whale lice) and Corophiidira. In 2003-2013 this group was treated as a suborder, Corophiidea, which in turn had been re-established t ...
.A. A. Myers & J. K. Lowry (2003). "A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda)". Journal of Crustacean Biology 23 (2): 443–485. doi:10.1651/0278-0372 Further, in 2013 another large suborder
Senticaudata Senticaudata is one of the four suborders of the crustacean order Amphipoda (aka scuds, sideswimmers). It includes some 5000 species, which is more than 50% or the currently recognized amphipod diversity.A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
Zootaxa 3610 (1): 1-80.Senticaudata
WoRMS Worms may refer to: *Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs Places *Worms, Germany, a city ** Worms (electoral district) * Worms, Nebraska, U.S. *Worms im Veltlintal, the German name for Bormio, Italy Arts and entertai ...
 The remaining Gammaridea encompasses 85 families and about 4,000 of the ca. 9,550 amphipod species recognized in 2014.World Amphipoda Database: Introduction
(accessed 26 April 2014)De Broyer, C. (2014
Gammaridea
WoRMS Worms may refer to: *Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs Places *Worms, Germany, a city ** Worms (electoral district) * Worms, Nebraska, U.S. *Worms im Veltlintal, the German name for Bormio, Italy Arts and entertai ...
 The family
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. They have a wide distribution, centered on Eurasia, and are eur ...
does not belong to Gammaridea in this new system.


Families

This list comprises those families that remain in the suborder Gammaridea after the separation of the
Senticaudata Senticaudata is one of the four suborders of the crustacean order Amphipoda (aka scuds, sideswimmers). It includes some 5000 species, which is more than 50% or the currently recognized amphipod diversity.WoRMS Worms may refer to: *Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs Places *Worms, Germany, a city ** Worms (electoral district) * Worms, Nebraska, U.S. *Worms im Veltlintal, the German name for Bormio, Italy Arts and entertai ...
(April 2014): *Superfamily Eusiroidea Bousfield, 1979 ** Eusiridae Stebbing, 1888 *Superfamily Liljeborgioidea Stebbing, 1899 ** Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, 1899 *Superfamily Lysianassoidea Dana, 1849 ** Acidostomatidae Stoddart & Lowry, 2012 **
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 was first desc ...
Lowry & Stoddart, 2002 **
Aristiidae Aristiidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * '' Aristias'' Boeck, 1871 * '' Boca'' Lowry & Stoddart, 1997 * '' Memana'' Stoddart & Lowry, 2010 * '' Perrierella'' Chevreux & Bouvier, 1892 * ''Pratinas Pratinas ...
Lowry & Stoddart, 1997 ** Cebocaridae Lowry & Stoddart, 2011 ** Cyclocaridae Lowry & Stoddart, 2011 **
Cyphocarididae Cyphocarididae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detri ...
Lowry & Stoddart, 1997 **
Endevouridae Endevouridae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detriti ...
Lowry & Stoddart, 1997 **
Eurytheneidae ''Eurythenes'' is a genus of marine amphipods in the family Eurytheneidae. Species *'' E. aequilatus'' Narahara-Nakano, Nakano & Tomikawa, 2017 *'' E. andhakarae'' d'Udekem d'Acoz & Havermans, 2015 *'' E. atacamensis'' Weston & Espinosa-Leal, ...
Stoddart & Lowry, 2004 ** Hirondelleidae Lowry & Stoddart, 2010 ** Izinkalidae Lowry & Stoddart, 2010 ** Kergueleniidae Lowry & Stoddart, 2010 ** Lepidepecreellidae Stoddart & Lowry, 2010 ** Lysianassidae Dana, 1849 **
Opisidae Opisidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivore ...
Lowry & Stoddart, 1995 ** Pachynidae Lowry & Stoddart, 2012 **
Podoprionidae Podoprionidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detri ...
Lowry & Stoddart, 1996 ** Scopelocheiridae Lowry & Stoddart, 1997 ** Sophrosynidae Lowry & Stoddart, 2010 ** Thoriellidae Lowry & Stoddart, 2011 ** Trischizostomatidae Lilljeborg, 1865 **
Uristidae Uristidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivor ...
Hurley, 1963 **
Wandinidae Wandinidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * '' Pseudocyphocaris'' Ledoyer, 1986 * ''Wandin Wandin East is a town in Victoria, Australia, 45 km east from Melbourne's central business district, loc ...
Lowry & Stoddart, 1990 **Lysianassoidea
incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ...
*Superfamily Pontoporeioidea Dana, 1853 **
Pontoporeiidae Pontoporeiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: *'' Diporeia'' Bousfield, 1989 *'' Monoporeia'' Bousfield, 1989 *''Pontoporeia ''Pontoporeia'' is a genus of fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any membe ...
Dana, 1853 ** Priscillinidae d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2006 *Families not attributed to superfamilies: ** Acanthonotozomatidae Stebbing, 1906 ** Acanthonotozomellidae Coleman & Barnard, 1991 ** Alicellidae Lowry & De Broyer, 2008 **
Amathillopsidae Amathillopsidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detr ...
Pirlot, 1934 ** Ampeliscidae Krøyer, 1842 ** Amphilochidae Boeck, 1871 ** Argissidae Walker, 1904 ** Astyridae Pirlot, 1934 **
Atylidae Atylidae is a family of amphipod crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, ...
Lilljeborg, 1865 **
Bateidae Bateidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, comprising the single genus ''Batea'', which in turn contains thirteen species: *''Batea bousfieldi'' (Ortiz, 1991) *'' Batea campi'' (Ortiz, 1991) *''Batea carinata'' (Shoemaker, 1926) *'' Batea cath ...
Stebbing, 1906 **
Bolttsiidae ''Bolttsia'' is a genus of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipod ...
Barnard & Karaman, 1987 **
Cheidae Cheidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda 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 ...
Thurston, 1982 ** Cheluridae Allman, 1847 **
Colomastigidae Colomastigidae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detrit ...
Stebbing, 1899 ** Condukiidae Barnard & Drummond, 1982 ** Cressidae Stebbing, 1899 **
Cyproideidae Cyproideidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, 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 ...
J.L. Barnard, 1974 ** Dexaminidae Leach, 1814 ** Didymocheliidae Bellan-Santini & Ledoyer, 1987 **
Dikwidae ''Dikwa'' is a genus of amphipods in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose ...
Coleman & Barnard, 1991 ** Epimeriidae Boeck, 1871 ** Exoedicerotidae Barnard & Drummond, 1982 **
Haustoriidae Haustoriidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods. They are very distinctive stout-bodied burrowing animals. The following genera are included in the family: *''Acanthohaustorius'' Bousfield, 1965 *''Cunicus'' *''Eohaustorius'' ...
Stebbing, 1906 ** Hyperiopsidae Bovallius, 1886 **
Ipanemidae ''Ipanema'' is a monotypic genus of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepod ...
Barnard & Thomas, 1988 ** Iphimediidae Boeck, 1871 ** Lafystiidae Sars, 1893 ** Laphystiopsidae Stebbing, 1899 **
Lepechinellidae Lepechinellidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly det ...
Schellenberg, 1926 **
Leucothoidae Leucothoidae is a family of amphipods. It contains 138 species in 5 genera: *'' Anamixis'' Stebbing, 1897 – 21 species *'' Leucothoe'' Leach, 1814 – 98 species *'' Nepanamixis'' Thomas, 1997 – 4 species *'' Paranamixis'' Schellenberg, 193 ...
Dana, 1852 ** Maxillipiidae Ledoyer, 1973 ** Megaluropidae Thomas & Barnard, 1986 ** Melphidippidae Stebbing, 1899 ** Miramarassidae Lowry, 2006 **
Nihotungidae ''Nihotunga'' is a genus of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipo ...
J.L. Barnard, 1972 ** Ochlesidae Stebbing, 1910 **
Oedicerotidae Oedicerotidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods. It comprises the following genera: *''Aborolobatea'' Ledoyer, 1984 *''Acanthostepheia'' Boeck, 1871 *''Aceroides'' Sars, 1895 *''Americhelidium'' Bousfield & Chevrier, 1996 *'' ...
Lilljeborg, 1865 ** Pagetinidae K.H. Barnard, 1931 ** Paracalliopiidae Barnard & Karaman, 1982 **
Pardaliscidae Pardaliscidae is a family of amphipods, whose members typically inhabit the deepest parts of ocean basins. It contains the following genera: *'' Andeepia'' Biswas, Coleman & Hendrycks, 2009 *'' Antronicippe'' Stock & Illife, 1990 *'' Arculfia' ...
Boeck, 1871 **
Phoxocephalidae Phoxocephalidae is a family of small, shrimp-like crustaceans in the suborder Gammaridea described by Georg Ossian Sars in 1891. It contains '' Cocoharpinia iliffei'', a critically endangered species on the IUCN Red List The International U ...
Sars, 1891 ** Phoxocephalopsidae Barnard & Drummond, 1982 ** Platyischnopidae Barnard & Drummond, 1979 **
Pleustidae Pleustidae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera The family contains 36 genera in 12 subfamilies: * Subfamily Atylopsinae **''Atylopsis'' **''Myzotarsa'' * Subfamily Austropleustinae **''Austropleustes'' **''T ...
Buchholz, 1874 ** Podosiridae Lowry & Myers, 2012 ** Pseudamphilochidae Schellenberg, 1931 **
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 A ...
Walker, 1908 ** Sicafodiidae Just, 2004 **
Stegocephalidae Stegocephalidae is a little-studied family of amphipods belonging to the suborder Gammaridea. Description Stegocephalids have smooth and globular bodies with a short and deep head. It has small rostrum and the highly modified mouthparts are arr ...
Dana, 1855 **
Stenothoidae Stenothoidae is a family of arthropods in the order Amphipoda 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 s ...
Boeck, 1871 ** Stilipedidae Holmes, 1908 ** Synopiidae Dana, 1853 ** Thurstonellidae Lowry & Zeidler, 2008 **
Urohaustoriidae Urohaustoriidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * ''Dirimus'' Barnard & Drummond, 1982 * ''Gheegerus'' Barnard & Drummond, 1982 * ''Huarpe (crustacean), Huarpe'' Barnard & Clarke, 1982 * ''Narunius'' Barnard ...
Barnard & Drummond, 1982 ** Urothoidae Bousfield, 1978 **
Valettiidae ''Valettia'' is a genus of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipod ...
Stebbing, 1888 ** Valettiopsidae Lowry & De Broyer, 2008 ** Vicmusiidae Just, 1990 ** Vitjazianidae Birstein & M. Vinogradov, 1955 **
Zobrachoidae Zobrachoidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * ''Bumeralius'' Barnard & Drummond, 1982 * ''Chono (crustacean), Chono'' Clark & Barnard, 1987 * ''Prantinus'' Barnard & Drummond, 1982 * ''Tonocote (crustacean), ...
Barnard & Drummond, 1982


Gammaridea sensu lato

This alternative listing of families (divided to superfamilies) reflects the composition of the Gammaridea before the revision in 2013, when much of its contents were removed to a new suborder
Senticaudata Senticaudata is one of the four suborders of the crustacean order Amphipoda (aka scuds, sideswimmers). It includes some 5000 species, which is more than 50% or the currently recognized amphipod diversity. Superfamily Ampeliscoidea * Ampeliscidae Superfamily Crangonyctoidea *
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 ...
* Artesiidae *
Bogidiellidae Bogidiellidae is a family of amphipod crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copep ...
*
Crangonyctidae Crangonyctidae is a family of cave-dwelling freshwater amphipod crustaceans. It contains the following genera: *'' Amurocrangonyx'' Sidorov & Holsinger, 2007  *'' Bactrurus'' Hay, 1902 *'' Crangonyx'' Bate, 1859 *'' Lyurella'' Derzhavin, ...
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Crymostygidae ''Crymostygius thingvallensis'' is a species of subterranean amphipod crustacean, endemic to the area around Þingvallavatn, a lake in southwestern Iceland. The species has no close relatives, and is placed in its own family, Crymostygidae. This d ...
* Falklandellidae * Kotumsaridae (tentatively placed here) * Neoniphargidae *
Niphargidae Niphargidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. Its distribution is in western Eurasia, and its members mainly live in subterranean freshwaters habitats. It contains the following genera: *'' Carinurella'' Sket, 1971 *'' Foroniphargus'' G. Kara ...
*
Paracrangonyctidae ''Paracrangonyx'' is a genus of amphipods in the family Paracrangonyctidae, comprising two species, ''Paracrangonyx compactus'' and ''Paracrangonyz winterbourni''. ''P. compactus'' is found only in Canterbury, New Zealand, at Eyreton, Leeston, ...
* Paramelitidae *
Perthiidae ''Perthia'' is a genus of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods ...
* Phreatogammaridae * Pseudocrangonyctidae * Pseudoniphargidae * Sternophysingidae Superfamily Dexaminoidea *
Atylidae Atylidae is a family of amphipod crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, ...
* Dexaminidae *
Lepechinellidae Lepechinellidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly det ...
Superfamily Eusiroidea *
Amathillopsidae Amathillopsidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detr ...
*
Bateidae Bateidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, comprising the single genus ''Batea'', which in turn contains thirteen species: *''Batea bousfieldi'' (Ortiz, 1991) *'' Batea campi'' (Ortiz, 1991) *''Batea carinata'' (Shoemaker, 1926) *'' Batea cath ...
*
Calliopiidae Calliopiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: *'' Amphithopsis'' Boeck, 1861 *''Apherusa'' Walker, 1891 *'' Bouvierella'' Chevreux, 1900 *'' Calliopiella'' Schellenberg, 1925 *'' Calliopiurus'' Bushueva, 1986 *''Calli ...
* Eusiridae *
Gammaracanthidae ''Gammaracanthus'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Gammaracanthidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America. Species: *'' Gammaracanthus aestuariorum'' *'' Gammaracanthus caspius'' *'' ...
*
Gammarellidae Gammarellidae is a family of amphipods containing three genera: *'' Austroregia'' J. L. Barnard, 1989 *'' Chosroes'' Stebbing, 1888 *'' Gammarellus'' Herbst, 1793 References Gammaridea Crustacean families {{Amphipod-stub ...
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Pontogeneiidae Pontogeneiidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, containing the following genera: *''Abdia Abdia or Abdia ( fa, عبديا, also Romanized as ‘Abdīā) is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Damghan County, ...
Superfamily Gammaroidea * Acanthogammaridae * Acanthonotozomatidae * Anisogammaridae * Baikalogammaridae * Behningiellidae * Cardenioidae *
Caspicolidae ''Caspicola'' is a monotypic genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Caspicolidae. The only species is ''Caspicola knipovitschi''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18606188 Amphipoda ...
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Eulimnogammaridae Eulimnogammaridae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera Genera: * '' Abyssogammarus'' Sowinsky, 1915 * '' Barguzinia'' Kamaltynov, 2002 * '' Bazikalovia'' Tachteew, 2001 * '' Berchinia'' Kamaltynov, 2002 * '' Eulimno ...
*
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. They have a wide distribution, centered on Eurasia, and are eur ...
*
Gammaroporeiidae ''Gammaroporeia'' is a monotypic genus of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, co ...
*
Iphigenellidae __NOTOC__ Iphigenellidae is a freshwater family of amphipods in the superfamily Gammaroidea. It is found in the Ponto-Caspian region, which encompasses the Black, Azov, and Caspian Caspian can refer to: *The Caspian Sea *The Caspian Depression ...
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Macrohectopidae Macrohectopidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detri ...
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Mesogammaridae Mesogammaridae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detri ...
* Micruropodidae *
Pachyschesidae ''Pachyschesis'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Pachyschesidae. Species: *''Pachyschesis acanthogammarii'' *'' Pachyschesis bazikalovae'' *'' Pachyschesis bergi'' *'' Pachyschesis branchialis'' *'' Pachyschesis b ...
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Pallaseidae Pallaseidae (from the genus name '' Pallasea'') is a family of amphipod crustaceans endemic to Lake Baikal. Some species are also found in the Angara River which flows out of Lake Baikal, and one species is distributed throughout Northern Palearc ...
*
Pontogammaridae Pontogammaridae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera Genera: * '' Andrussovia'' Derzhavin, 1927 * '' Compactogammarus'' Stock, 1974 * ''Euxinia Euxinia or euxinic conditions occur when water is both anoxic and s ...
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Typhlogammaridae Typhlogammaridae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detri ...
Superfamily Hadzioidea * Carangoliopsidae *
Hadziidae Hadziidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods, which is difficult to distinguish from the related family Melitidae. It contains the following genera: *''Allotexiweckelia'' *''Alloweckelia'' *''Dulzura (amphipod), Dulzura'' *''H ...
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Melitidae Melitidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods. It contains around 45 genera, and formerly included a further 40 genera that are now placed in the family Maeridae. Genera *''Abludomelita'' *''Allomelita'' *''Alsacomelita'' *'' ...
* Metacrangonyctidae Superfamily Iphimedioidea * Acanthonotozomellidae *
Dikwidae ''Dikwa'' is a genus of amphipods in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose ...
* Epimeriidae * Iphimediidae * Ochlesidae * Vicmusiidae Superfamily Kurioidea *
Kuriidae Kuriidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivore ...
Superfamily Leucothoidea *
Anamixidae Leucothoidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods. It contains 138 species in 5 genera: *''Anamixis'' Stebbing, 1897 – 21 species *''Leucothoe (crustacean), Leucothoe'' Leach, 1814 – 98 species *''Nepanamixis'' Thomas, 1997 � ...
*
Leucothoidae Leucothoidae is a family of amphipods. It contains 138 species in 5 genera: *'' Anamixis'' Stebbing, 1897 – 21 species *'' Leucothoe'' Leach, 1814 – 98 species *'' Nepanamixis'' Thomas, 1997 – 4 species *'' Paranamixis'' Schellenberg, 193 ...
*
Pleustidae Pleustidae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera The family contains 36 genera in 12 subfamilies: * Subfamily Atylopsinae **''Atylopsis'' **''Myzotarsa'' * Subfamily Austropleustinae **''Austropleustes'' **''T ...
Superfamily Liljborgioidea *
Colomastigidae Colomastigidae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detrit ...
* Liljeborgiidae * Salentinellidae *
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 A ...
Superfamily Lysianassoidea *
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 was first desc ...
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Aristiidae Aristiidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * '' Aristias'' Boeck, 1871 * '' Boca'' Lowry & Stoddart, 1997 * '' Memana'' Stoddart & Lowry, 2010 * '' Perrierella'' Chevreux & Bouvier, 1892 * ''Pratinas Pratinas ...
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Cyphocarididae Cyphocarididae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detri ...
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Endevouridae Endevouridae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detriti ...
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Eurytheneidae ''Eurythenes'' is a genus of marine amphipods in the family Eurytheneidae. Species *'' E. aequilatus'' Narahara-Nakano, Nakano & Tomikawa, 2017 *'' E. andhakarae'' d'Udekem d'Acoz & Havermans, 2015 *'' E. atacamensis'' Weston & Espinosa-Leal, ...
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Opisidae Opisidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivore ...
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Podoprionidae Podoprionidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detri ...
* Scopelocheiridae * Trischizostomatidae *
Uristidae Uristidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivor ...
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Wandinidae Wandinidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * '' Pseudocyphocaris'' Ledoyer, 1986 * ''Wandin Wandin East is a town in Victoria, Australia, 45 km east from Melbourne's central business district, loc ...
Superfamily Melphidippoidea * Megaluropidae * Melphidippidae Superfamily Oedicerotoidea * Exoedicerotidae *
Oedicerotidae Oedicerotidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods. It comprises the following genera: *''Aborolobatea'' Ledoyer, 1984 *''Acanthostepheia'' Boeck, 1871 *''Aceroides'' Sars, 1895 *''Americhelidium'' Bousfield & Chevrier, 1996 *'' ...
* Paracalliopiidae Superfamily Pardaliscoidea * Astyridae * Hyperiopsidae *
Pardaliscidae Pardaliscidae is a family of amphipods, whose members typically inhabit the deepest parts of ocean basins. It contains the following genera: *'' Andeepia'' Biswas, Coleman & Hendrycks, 2009 *'' Antronicippe'' Stock & Illife, 1990 *'' Arculfia' ...
* Sicafodiidae * Stilipedidae * Vitjazianidae Superfamily Phoxocephaloidea *
Cheidae Cheidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda 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 ...
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Haustoriidae Haustoriidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods. They are very distinctive stout-bodied burrowing animals. The following genera are included in the family: *''Acanthohaustorius'' Bousfield, 1965 *''Cunicus'' *''Eohaustorius'' ...
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Ipanemidae ''Ipanema'' is a monotypic genus of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepod ...
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Phoxocephalidae Phoxocephalidae is a family of small, shrimp-like crustaceans in the suborder Gammaridea described by Georg Ossian Sars in 1891. It contains '' Cocoharpinia iliffei'', a critically endangered species on the IUCN Red List The International U ...
* Phoxocephalopsidae * Platyischnopidae *
Pontoporeiidae Pontoporeiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: *'' Diporeia'' Bousfield, 1989 *'' Monoporeia'' Bousfield, 1989 *''Pontoporeia ''Pontoporeia'' is a genus of fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any membe ...
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Urohaustoriidae Urohaustoriidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * ''Dirimus'' Barnard & Drummond, 1982 * ''Gheegerus'' Barnard & Drummond, 1982 * ''Huarpe (crustacean), Huarpe'' Barnard & Clarke, 1982 * ''Narunius'' Barnard ...
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Zobrachoidae Zobrachoidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * ''Bumeralius'' Barnard & Drummond, 1982 * ''Chono (crustacean), Chono'' Clark & Barnard, 1987 * ''Prantinus'' Barnard & Drummond, 1982 * ''Tonocote (crustacean), ...
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Stegocephaloidea Stegocephalidae is a little-studied family of amphipods belonging to the suborder Gammaridea. Description Stegocephalids have smooth and globular bodies with a short and deep head. It has small rostrum and the highly modified mouthparts are arr ...
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Stegocephalidae Stegocephalidae is a little-studied family of amphipods belonging to the suborder Gammaridea. Description Stegocephalids have smooth and globular bodies with a short and deep head. It has small rostrum and the highly modified mouthparts are arr ...
Superfamily Stenothoidea * Amphilochidae *
Bolttsiidae ''Bolttsia'' is a genus of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipod ...
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Cyproideidae Cyproideidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, 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 ...
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Stenothoidae Stenothoidae is a family of arthropods in the order Amphipoda 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 s ...
Superfamily Synopioidea * Argissidae * Synopiidae Superfamily Talitroidea (includes Phliantoidea) * Biancolinidae *
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 Hyalidae is a family of amphipods, containing ...
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Chiltoniidae Chiltoniidae is a family of amphipods, which contains the following genera: *'' Afrochiltonia'' K. H. Barnard, 1955 *'' Arabunnachiltonia'' King, 2009 *'' Austrochiltonia'' Hurley, 1958 *'' Chiltonia'' Stebbing, 1899 *'' Phreatochiltonia'' Zeid ...
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Dogielinotidae Dogielinotidae is a family of amphipods. It is subdivided into three subfamilies, containing a total of twelve genera: ;Dogielinotinae Gurjanova, 1953 *'' Allorchestes'' Dana, 1849 *'' Dogielinoides'' Bousfield, 1982 *'' Dogielinotus'' Gurjano ...
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Eophliantidae Eophliantidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: *'' Bircenna'' Chilton, 1884 *'' Ceinina'' Stephensen, 1933 *'' Cylindryllioides'' Nichols, 1938 *'' Eophliantis'' Sheard, 1936 *'' Lignophliantis'' J. L. Barnard, 1969 *'' ...
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Phliantidae Phliantidae is a family of isopod-like amphipod crustaceans chiefly from the southern hemisphere. Description Members of the family Phliantidae are unusual among the order Amphipoda, because they have dorso-ventrally flattened bodies with a pr ...
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Talitridae Talitridae is a family of amphipods. Terrestrial species are often referred to as landhoppers and beach dwellers are called sandhoppers or sand fleas. The name sand flea is misleading, though, because these talitrid amphipods are not siphonapter ...
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Temnophliantidae Temnophliantidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly det ...
Superfamily Thurstonelloidea (formerly Clarencioidea) * Thurstonellidae (formerly Clarenciidae) ''
Incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ...
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Iciliidae Iciliidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivor ...
* Lafystiidae * Laphystiopsidae * Maxillipiidae *
Nihotungidae ''Nihotunga'' is a genus of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipo ...
* Pagetinidae *
Paraleptamphopidae Paraleptamphopidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, containing three genera. ''Paraleptamphopus'' and '' Ringanui'' are both endemic to New Zealand, but '' Rudolphia'' lives in Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a count ...
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Tulearidae ''Tulearus'' is a monotypic genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Tulearidae. The only species is ''Tulearus thomassini''. The genus and species were first described in 1979 by Michel Ledoyer. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q1 ...
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Valettidae ''Valettia'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Valettidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe. Species: *''Valettia coheres'' *''Valettia hystrix ''Valettia'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the ...


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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q133679 Amphipoda Arthropod suborders