Biology:Melphidippidae

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Short description: Family of crustaceans

Melphidippidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Parvorder: Synopiidira
Superfamily: Dexaminoidea
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]

  • Melphidippa Boeck, 1871
  • Melphidippella Sars, 1894
  • Melphisubchela Andres, 1981

References

  1. 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. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02260p740.pdf. 
  2. Claude De Broyer, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2010). "Melphidippidae". in J. Lowry. World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101398. Retrieved October 21, 2010. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3933546 entry