Amaryllididae
Amaryllis carrascoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Amphilochidea
Infraorder: Lysianassida
Parvorder: Lysianassidira
Superfamily: Lysianassoidea
Family: Amaryllididae
Lowry & Stoddart, 2002
Type genus
Amaryllis
Haswell, 1879 [1]

Amaryllididae is a family of marine benthic amphipods found throughout the southern hemisphere. These smooth, laterally compressed amphipods can be distinguished by the accessory setal row of the mandible having a distal tuft.[2] It was first described in 2002 by James K. Lowry and Helen E. Stoddart.[3][1] It contains the following genera:[3]

  • Amaryllis Haswell, 1879
  • Bamarooka Lowry & Stoddart, 2002
  • Bathyamaryllis Pirlot, 1933
  • Bertoliella
  • Devo Lowry & Stoddart, 2002
  • Erikus Lowry & Stoddart, 1987
  • Pseudamaryllis Andres, 1981
  • Vijaya Walker, 1904
  • Wonga Lowry & Stoddart, 2002

References

  1. 1 2 J. K. Lowry & H. E. Stoddart (2002). "The Amaryllididae of Australia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 54 (2): 129–214. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1363.
  2. ↑ J. K. Lowry & R. T. Springthorpe (September 1, 2001). "Amaryllidid group". Amphipoda: Families and Subfamilies. Australian Museum. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  3. 1 2 WoRMS (2010). J. Lowry (ed.). "Amaryllididae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
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