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Lysianassidae
Lysianassidae is a family of marine amphipods, containing the following genera: *'' Acontiostoma'' Stebbing, 1888 *'' Alibrotus'' Milne-Edwards, 1840 *'' Allogaussia'' Schellenberg, 1926 *'' Ambasia'' Boeck, 1871 *'' Ambasiella'' Schellenberg, 1935 *'' Amphorites'' Lowry & Stoddart, 2012 *'' Aristiopsis'' J. L. Barnard, 1961 *'' Aruga'' Homes, 1908 *'' Arugella'' Pirlot, 1936 *'' Azotostoma'' J. L. Barnard, 1965 *'' Boeckosimus'' J. L. Barnard, 1969 *'' Bonassa'' Barnard & Karaman, 1991 *'' Bruunosa'' Barnard & Karaman, 1987 *'' Callisoma'' Costa, 1851 *'' Cedrosella'' Barnard & Karaman, 1987 *'' Cheirimedon'' Stebbing, 1888 *'' Concarnes'' Barnard & Karaman, 1991 *'' Conicostoma'' Lowry & Stoddart, 1983 *'' Coximedon'' Barnard & Karaman, 1991 *'' Dartenassa'' Barnard & Karaman, 1991 *'' Dissiminassa'' Barnard & Karaman, 1991 *'' Elimedon'' J. L. Barnard, 1962 *'' Falklandia'' De Broyer, 1985 *'' Gronella'' Barnard & Karaman, 1991 *'' Guerina'' Della Valle, 1893 *''Hippomedon'' Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphipoda
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 9,900 amphipod species so far described. They are mostly marine animals, but are found in almost all aquatic environments. Some 1,900 species live in fresh water, and the order also includes the terrestrial sandhoppers such as '' Talitrus saltator''. Etymology and names The name ''Amphipoda'' comes, via New Latin ', from the Greek roots 'on both/all sides' and 'foot'. This contrasts with the related Isopoda, which have a single kind of thoracic leg. Particularly among anglers, amphipods are known as ''freshwater shrimp'', ''scuds'', or ''sideswimmers''. Description Anatomy The body of an amphipod is divided into 13 segments, which can be grouped into a head, a thorax and an abdomen. The head is fused to the thorax, and bears two pairs of antennae and one pair of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hippomedon (genus)
Hippomedon (; Ἰππομέδων, ''gen''.: Ἰππομέδοντος) may refer to several figures in Greek mythology: * Hippomedon, one of the Seven against Thebes. Apollodorus 3.6.3 * Hippomedon, father of Ereuthalion. *Hippomedon, son of Maenalus (or Hippasus) and the nymph Ocyrhoe, a defender of Troy killed by Neoptolemus. *Hippomedon, father of Menoites. His son was another defender of Troy and was killed by Teucer.Quintus Smyrnaeus, 11.99 * Notes References * Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falklandia (amphipod)
''Falklandia'' is a monotypic genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae containing the single species, ''Falklandia rumbolli''. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985, and is only found on the Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouze .... See also * List of Orsolobidae species References Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Orsolobidae Spiders of South America Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster {{Araneomorphae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
