Platyscelidae is a family 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 ...
belonging to the order
Amphipoda
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 ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Dithyrus''
Dana, 1852
* ''
Hemityphis''
Claus, 1879
* ''
Paratyphis''
Claus, 1879
* ''
Platyscelus''
Spence Bate, 1861
* ''
Tetrathyrus''
Claus, 1879
References
Hyperiidea
Amphipod families
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