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 [1]

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]

References

  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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