''Podoceridae'' 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 ...
. One species, ''
Pocoderus cristatus'', is known for
mimicking the appearance of certain
nudibranch
Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...
s: ''
Coryphella trilineata'', ''
Flabellinopsis iodinea
''Flabellinopsis iodinea'', the Spanish shawl, is a species of aeolid nudibranch, a very colorful sea slug. This is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae.
Distribution
This species is native to the west coast of North America ...
'', ''
Flabellina bertschi'', and ''
Noumeaella rubrofasciata''.
Genera
''Pocoderidae'' comprises eight genera:
*''
Cyrtophium''
Dana, 1852
*''
Laetmatophilus''
Bruzelius, 1859
*''
Leipsuropus''
Stebbing, 1899
*''
Neoxenodice''
Schellenberg, 1926
*''
Parunciola''
Chevreux, 1911
*''
Podobothrus''
Barnard & Clark, 1985
*''
Podocerus''
Leach, 1814
*''
Xenodice''
Boeck, 1871
References
Corophiida
Amphipod families
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