Alicellidae

Alicellidae

Alicellidae

Family of crustaceans

Alicellidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, which live as scavengers in the deep sea (at depths of 706–8,480 metres or 2,316–27,822 feet), often in association with hydrothermal vents.[1] The family includes the following genera:[2]

  • Alicella Chevreux, 1899
  • Apotectonia Barnard & Ingram, 1990
  • Diatectonia Barnard & Ingram, 1990
  • Paralicella Chevreux, 1908
  • Tectovalopsis Barnard & Ingram, 1990
  • Transtectonia Barnard & Ingram, 1990
  • Civifractura Weston, Peart & Jamieson, 2020[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    J. K. Lowry & C. de Broyer (2008). "Alicellidae and Valettiopsidae, two new callynophorate families (Crustacea: Amphipoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1843: 57–66.
  2. [2]
    Claude De Broyer (2010). Lowry J (ed.). "Alicellidae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  3. [3]
    Johanna N. J. Weston; Rachael A. Peart; Alan J. Jamieson (2 January 2020). "Amphipods from the Wallaby-Zenith Fracture Zone, Indian Ocean: new genus and two new species identified by integrative taxonomy". Systematics and Biodiversity. 18 (1): 57–78. doi:10.1080/14772000.2020.1729891. ISSN 1477-2000. Wikidata Q104624421.


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