Ochlesidae

Ochlesidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Superorder:	Peracarida
Order:	Amphipoda
Suborder:	Gammaridea
Superfamily:
Family:	Ochlesidae; Stebbing, 1910
Genera
	See text

Ochlesidae is a family of amphipods. They are very small, often less than 1.5 millimetres (0.06 in) long, and are found mainly in tropical and subtropical areas of the Southern Hemisphere.^[1] The family Odiidae has sometimes been subsumed into Ochlesidae.^[1]

Four genera are included in the family:^[1]

Thomas, 1983
Barnard & Karaman, 1987
Stebbing, 1910
Ledoyer, 1982

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c C. Oliver Coleman & James K. Lowry (2006). "Revision of the Ochlesidae sensu stricto, including five new Australian species (Crustacea: Amphipoda)". . 6 (Electr. Suppl. 4): 1–57. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2005.06.001.

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[Coleman-1] C. Oliver Coleman & James K. Lowry (2006). "Revision of the Ochlesidae sensu stricto, including five new Australian species (Crustacea: Amphipoda)". . 6 (Electr. Suppl. 4): 1–57. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2005.06.001.

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