Amaryllididae is a family of marine

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amphipod 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 descr ...

s found throughout the southern hemisphere. These smooth, laterally compressed amphipods can be distinguished by the accessory

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l row of the mandible having a

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tuft. It was first described in 2002 by

James K. Lowry James Kenneth Lowry (born 1942) is a zoologist specialising in amphipods. He retired as a principal research scientist at the Australian Museum, where he worked from 1976 to 2011. He earned his first degree from the University of Richmond and ...

and Helen E. Stoddart. It contains the following genera: *''

Amaryllis ''Amaryllis'' () is the only genus in the subtribe Amaryllidinae (tribe Amaryllideae). It is a small genus of flowering bulbs, with two species. The better known of the two, ''Amaryllis belladonna'', is a native of the Western Cape region of S ...

'' Haswell, 1879 *'' Bamarooka'' Lowry & Stoddart, 2002 *'' Bathyamaryllis'' Pirlot, 1933 *'' Bertoliella'' *''

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'' Lowry & Stoddart, 2002 *'' Erikus'' Lowry & Stoddart, 1987 *'' Pseudamaryllis'' Andres, 1981 *''

Vijaya Vijaya may refer to: Places * Vijaya (Champa), a city-state and former capital of the historic Champa in what is now Vietnam * Vijayawada, a city in Andhra Pradesh, India People * Prince Vijaya of Sri Lanka (fl. 543–505 BC), earliest recorde ...

'' Walker, 1904 *''

Wonga Wonga may refer to: Species * Wonga pigeon, a pigeon that inhabits areas in eastern Australia * ''P. pandorana'' (wonga vine), a species of the genus ''Pandorea'' Places in Australia Queensland * Wonga, Queensland, a town in Queensland * Wong ...

'' Lowry & Stoddart, 2002

References

Gammaridea Crustacean genera Crustaceans described in 2002 Taxa named by James K. Lowry {{Amphipod-stub