Bateidae
Encyclopedia
Bateidae is a family
of amphipod
crustacean
s, comprising the single genus Batea, which in turn contains thirteen species:
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, comprising the single genus Batea, which in turn contains thirteen species:
- Batea bousfieldi (Ortiz, 1991)
- Batea campi (Ortiz, 1991)
- Batea carinata (Shoemaker, 1926)
- Batea catharinensis Müller, 1865
- Batea conductor (J. L. Barnard, 1969)
- Batea coyoa (J. L. Barnard, 1969)
- Batea cuspidata (Shoemaker, 1926)
- Batea intermedia Serejo, 2007
- Batea lobata Shoemaker, 1926
- Batea rectangulata Shoemaker, 1925
- Batea schotti Ortiz & Lemaitre, 1997
- Batea susurrator J. L. Barnard, 1969
- Batea transversa Shoemaker, 1926