Melphidippidae 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 ...
which rest upside-down and feed on particles of food suspended in the water. Three genera are recognised:
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Melphidippa''
Boeck, 1871
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Melphidippella''
Sars, 1894
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Melphisubchela''
Andres, 1981
References
Gammaridea
Taxa named by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing
Amphipod families
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