Melphidippidae
Melphidippidae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Superorder: | Peracarida |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Suborder: | Gammaridea |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | Melphidippidae Stebbing, 1899 |
Melphidippidae is a family of amphipods which rest upside-down and feed on particles of food suspended in the water.[1] Three genera are recognised:[2]
- Boeck, 1871
- Sars, 1894
- Andres, 1981
References[]
- ^ Charles Oliver Coleman (2009). J. K. Lowry & A. A. Myers (ed.). "Melphidippidae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2260 (Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia): 736–740.
- ^ Claude De Broyer, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2010). J. Lowry (ed.). "Melphidippidae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
Categories:
- Gammaridea
- Taxa named by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing
- Crustacean families
- Amphipod stubs