Platyischnopidae
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Superorder: | Peracarida |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Suborder: | Gammaridea |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | Platyischnopidae Barnard & Drummond, 1979 |
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Platyischnopidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. Its members are characterised by the conical rostrum, which is covered with sensory pits at the end.[1] Although digging behaviour has only been directly observed in a few taxa, it is assumed that all the animals in the family Platyischnopidae are fossorial.[2] The genera included in Platyischnopidae are , , , , , , and .[2]
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Wikispecies has information related to Platyischnopidae. |
- ^ L. E. Hughes (2009). J. K. Lowry & A. A. Myers (ed.). "Platyischnopidae" (PDF). Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
- ^ a b James Darwin Thomas & J. Laurens Barnard (1983). "The Platyischnopidae of America (Crustacea: Amphipoda)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 375: 1–33.
Categories:
- Gammaridea
- Crustacean families
- Amphipod stubs