Bateidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
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 ...
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...
s, comprising the single genus ''Batea'',
which in turn contains thirteen species:
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Batea bousfieldi''
(Ortiz, 1991)
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Batea campi''
(Ortiz, 1991)
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Batea carinata''
(Shoemaker, 1926)
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Batea catharinensis''
Müller, 1865
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Batea conductor''
(J. L. Barnard, 1969)
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Batea coyoa''
(J. L. Barnard, 1969)
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Batea cuspidata''
(Shoemaker, 1926)
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Batea intermedia''
Serejo, 2007
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Batea lobata''
Shoemaker, 1926
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Batea rectangulata''
Shoemaker, 1925
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Batea schotti''
Ortiz & Lemaitre, 1997
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Batea susurrator''
J. L. Barnard, 1969
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Batea transversa''
Shoemaker, 1926
References
Gammaridea
Amphipod families
Monogeneric crustacean families
Taxa named by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing
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