Amaryllididae

Amaryllididae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Suborder:	Gammaridea
Family:	Amaryllididae; Lowry & Stoddart, 2002
Type genus
	Amaryllis; Haswell, 1879

Amaryllididae is a family of marine benthic amphipods found throughout the southern hemisphere. These smooth, laterally compressed amphipods can be distinguished by the accessory setal row of the mandible having a distal tuft.^[2] It contains the following genera:^[3]

Amaryllis Haswell, 1879
Lowry & Stoddart, 2002
Pirlot, 1933
Lowry & Stoddart, 2002
Lowry & Stoddart, 1987
Andres, 1981
Walker, 1904
Lowry & Stoddart, 2002

References[]

^ J. K. Lowry & H. E. Stoddart (2002). "The Amaryllididae of Australia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 54 (2): 129–214. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1363.
^ J. K. Lowry & R. T. Springthorpe (September 1, 2001). "Amaryllidid group". Amphipoda: Families and Subfamilies. Australian Museum. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
^ WoRMS (2010). J. Lowry (ed.). "Amaryllididae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 1, 2011.

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[1] J. K. Lowry & H. E. Stoddart (2002). "The Amaryllididae of Australia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 54 (2): 129–214. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1363.

[2] J. K. Lowry & R. T. Springthorpe (September 1, 2001). "Amaryllidid group". Amphipoda: Families and Subfamilies. Australian Museum. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.

[3] WoRMS (2010). J. Lowry (ed.). "Amaryllididae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 1, 2011.

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