''Amaryllis'' is a genus of
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 belonging to the family
Amaryllididae
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. It was first descr ...
.
The genus was first described in 1879 by
William Aitcheson Haswell
William Aitcheson Haswell (5 August 1854 – 24 January 1925) was a Scottish-Australian zoologist specialising in crustaceans, winner of the 1915 Clarke Medal.
His zoological author abbreviation is Haswell. Taxa authored by him are given in :T ...
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Amaryllis carrascoi
''Amaryllis carrascoi'' is a species of crustacean in the family Amaryllididae, and was first described in 2002 by James K. Lowry and Helen E. Stoddart.
It is found on the southern coastlines of Australia, from Botany Bay, New South Wales to K ...
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*'' Amaryllis croca''
*'' Amaryllis dianae''
*'' Amaryllis kamata''
*'' Amaryllis keablei''
*'' Amaryllis macrophthalma''
*'' Amaryllis maculata''
*'' Amaryllis migo''
*'' Amaryllis moona''
*'' Amaryllis olinda''
*''Amaryllis philatelica
''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 ...
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*'' Amaryllis quokka''
*'' Amaryllis spencerensis''
References
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Amphipoda
Malacostraca genera
Crustaceans described in 1879
Taxa named by William Aitcheson Haswell