Amphilochidae
Encyclopedia
Amphilochidae is a family
of amphipod
crustacean
s, containing the following genera:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of amphipod
Amphipoda
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. The name amphipoda means "different-footed", and refers to the different forms of appendages, unlike isopods, where all the legs are alike. Of the 7,000 species, 5,500 are classified...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s, containing the following genera:
- Afrogitanopsis G. Karaman, 1980
- Amphilochella Schellenberg, 1926
- Amphilochoides Sars, 1895
- Amphilochopsis Stephensen, 1925
- AmphilochusAmphilochus (genus)Amphilochus is a genus of crustaceans in the Amphipoda order, containing the following species:*Amphilochus ascidicola Martin, Ortiz & Atienza, 2001*Amphilochus borealis Enequist, 1949*Amphilochus brunneus Della Valle, 1893...
Bate, 1862 - Apolochus Hoover & Bousfield, 2001
- Cyclotelson Potts, 1915
- Gitana Boeck, 1871
- Gitanogeiton Stebbing, 1910
- Gitanopsilis Rauschert, 1994
- Gitanopsis Sars, 1892
- Hourstonius Hoover & Bousfield, 2001
- Paramphilochoides Lincoln, 1979
- Paramphilochus Ishimaru & Ikehara, 1986
- Rostrogitanopsis G. Karaman, 1980