Corophiidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideall ...
of
amphipods
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 descri ...
, containing the following genera:
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Americorophium''
Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
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Anonychocheirus''
Moore & Myers, 1983
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Apocorophium''
Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
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Bathyphotis''
Stephensen, 1944
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Chaetocorophium (Hurley, 1954)
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Cheirimedeia''
J. L. Barnard, 1962
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Cheiriphotis''
Walker, 1904
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Chelicorophium''
Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
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Comacho''
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Corophium''
Latreille, 1806
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Crassicorophium''
Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
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Eocorophium''
Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
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Goesia''
Boeck, 1871
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Hansenella''
Chevreux, 1909
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Haplocheira''
Haswell, 1879
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Hirayamaia''
Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
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Kuphocheira''
K. H. Barnard, 1931
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Laticorophium''
Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
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Leptocheirus''
Zaddach, 1884
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Lobatocorophium''
Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
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Medicorophium''
Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
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Microcorophium''
Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
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Monocorophium''
Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
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Neohela''
S. I. Smith, 1881
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Paracorophium''
Stebbing, 1899
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Pareurystheus''
Tzvetkova, 1977
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Plumiliophotis''
Myers, 2009
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Protomedeia''
Krøyer, 1842
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Pseudunciola''
Bousfield, 1973
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Sinocorophium''
Bousfield & Hoover, 1997
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Stenocorophium''
G. Karaman, 1979
References
External links
* crustacea.net
Description of family Corophiidae
Corophiidea
Crustacean families
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