Ampithoidae
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| Sunamphitoe pelagica (Milne-Edwards, 1830) - A benthic amphipod from the Belgian part of the North Sea. Length : 8 mm | |
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| Family: | Ampithoidae Boeck, 1871[1]
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Ampithoidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. The family has a worldwide distribution as algal dwellers. They commonly create tube-shaped nests on their host plants or algae which serve as both shelter and food. Young ampithoids develop from eggs to a larval stage within their mother's brood-pouch, formed by the appendages of her abdomen.
Genera[]
The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in this family:-
- Kossmann, 1880
- Ruffo, 1953
- Leach, 1814
- Peart, 2014
- Della Valle, 1893
- Savigny, 1816
- K.H. Barnard, 1926
- K.H. Barnard, 1916
- Ruffo, 1969
- Chevreux, 1901
- Peart, 2014
- Spence Bate, 1857
- Barnard & Karaman, 1991
- Ortiz, 1976
- Conlan, 1982
- Spence Bate, 1857
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Lowry, J. (2010). Lowry J (ed.). "Ampithoidae Boeck, 1871". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
Further reading[]
- Cerda, Osvaldo; Hinojosa, Iván A.; Thiel, Martin (June 2010). "Nest-Building Behavior by the Amphipod Peramphithoe femorata (Krøyer) on the Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh From Northern-Central Chile". The Biological Bulletin. 218 (3): 248–258. doi:10.1086/BBLv218n3p248. PMID 20570848. S2CID 12067862.
- Peart, Rachael A.; Lörz, Anne-Nina (26 January 2018). "Ampithoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from New Zealand". ZooKeys (733): 25–48. doi:10.3897/zookeys.733.14052. PMC 5799742. PMID 29416406.
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