Biology:Eophliantidae

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Short description: Family of crustaceans

Eophliantidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Parvorder: Talitridira
Superfamily: Hyaloidea
Family: Eophliantidae
Sheard, 1936

Eophliantidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera:[1]

  • Bircenna Chilton, 1884
  • Ceinina Stephensen, 1933
  • Cylindryllioides Nichols, 1938
  • Eophliantis Sheard, 1936
  • Lignophliantis J. L. Barnard, 1969
  • Wandelia Chevreux, 1906

They have a wide distribution in the world's oceans, and live among algae.[2]

References

  1. Claude De Broyer (2010). "Eophliantidae". in J. Lowry. World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=176811. Retrieved October 17, 2010. 
  2. A. N. Lörz, N. M. Kilgallen & M. Thiel (2010). "Algal-dwelling Eophliantidae (Amphipoda): description of a new species and key to the world species, with notes on their biogeography". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90 (5): 1055–1063. doi:10.1017/S0025315409991317. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3932344 entry