
Isaeidae is a
family
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 ...
of
amphipods
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 descri ...
. It is the only family classified under the superfamily Isaeoidea. It contains the following
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 ...
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Cerapopsis''
Della Valle, 1893
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Cheirophotis''
Walker, 1904
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Eurystheus
In Greek mythology, Eurystheus (; grc-gre, Εὐρυσθεύς, , broad strength, ) was king of Tiryns, one of three Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaean strongholds in the Argolid, although other authors including Homer and Euripides cast him as ruler o ...
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Isaea
''Isaea'' is a small genus of amphipod crustaceans that live commensally on the mouthparts of other crustaceans.
''Isaea montagui''
''I. montagui'' was named in 1830 by Henri Milne-Edwards in honour of George Montagu. It lives on the mouthpart ...
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Milne-Edwards, 1830
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Noenia''
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Podoceropsis''
Boeck, 1861
References
Corophiidea
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