Biology:Platyischnopidae

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Short description: Family of crustaceans

Platyischnopidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Parvorder: Haustoriidira
Superfamily: Haustorioidea
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 Skaptopus, Platyischnopus, Indischnopus, Tiburonella, Eudevenopus, Tittakunara, Tomituka and Yurrokus.[2]

References

  1. L. E. Hughes (2009). J. K. Lowry & A. A. Myers. ed. "Platyischnopidae" (PDF). Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02260p835.pdf. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 James Darwin Thomas & J. Laurens Barnard (1983). "The Platyischnopidae of America (Crustacea: Amphipoda)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 375: 1–33. http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/5707/2/SCtZ-0375-Lo_res.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3932144 entry