Amaryllididae
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Amaryllididae is a family of marine benthic amphipods found throughout the southern hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...

. These smooth, laterally compressed amphipods can be distinguished by the accessory seta
Seta
Seta is a biological term derived from the Latin word for "bristle". It refers to a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms.-Animal setae:In zoology, most "setae" occur in invertebrates....

l row of the mandible having a distal tuft. It contains the following genera:
  • Amaryllis Haswell, 1879
  • Bamarooka Lowry & Stoddart, 2002
  • Bathyamaryllis Pirlot, 1933
  • Bertoliella
  • Devo Lowry & Stoddart, 2002
  • Erikus Lowry & Stoddart, 1987
  • Pseudamaryllis Andres, 1981
  • Vijaya Walker, 1904
  • Wonga Lowry & Stoddart, 2002
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