Ampithoidae

Ampithoidae

Ampithoidae

Family of crustaceans

Ampithoidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. The family has a worldwide distribution as algal dwellers. They commonly create tube-shaped nests on their host plants or algae which serve as both shelter and food. Young ampithoids develop from eggs to a larval stage within their mother's brood-pouch, formed by the appendages of her abdomen.

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Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in this family:-

  • Amphithoides Kossmann, 1880
  • Amphitholina Ruffo, 1953
  • Ampithoe Leach, 1814
  • Austrothoe Peart, 2014
  • Biancolina Della Valle, 1893
  • Cymadusa Savigny, 1816
  • Exampithoe K.H. Barnard, 1926
  • Macropisthopus K.H. Barnard, 1916
  • Paradusa Ruffo, 1969
  • Paragrubia Chevreux, 1901
  • Paranexes Peart, 2014
  • Pleonexes Spence Bate, 1857
  • Plumithoe Barnard & Karaman, 1991
  • Pseudamphithoides Ortiz, 1976 (e.g. Pseudamphithoides incurvaria)
  • Pseudopleonexes Conlan, 1982
  • Sunamphitoe Spence Bate, 1857 (e.g. Sunamphitoe femorata)

References

  1. [1]
    Lowry, J. (2010). Lowry J (ed.). "Ampithoidae Boeck, 1871". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

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