Melphidippidae

Melphidippidae

Melphidippidae

Family of crustaceans

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

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References

  1. [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.
  2. [2]
    Claude De Broyer, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2010). J. Lowry (ed.). "Melphidippidae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 21, 2010.


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