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Gammaridea is one of the
suborder Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...
s of the order
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 desc ...
, comprising small,
shrimp Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...
-like
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. Until recently, in a traditional classification, it encompassed about 7,275 (92%) of the 7,900 species of amphipods described by then, in approximately 1,000
genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
, divided among around 125
families 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 ...
. That concept of Gammaridea included almost all
freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...
amphipods, while most of the members still were marine. The group is however considered
paraphyletic In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...
, and is under deconstruction by the amphipod taxonomists J. Lowry and A. Myers. In 2003 they moved several families from Gammaridea to join members of the former
Caprellidea Caprelloidea is a superfamily of marine crustaceans in the order Amphipoda. It includes "untypical" forms of amphipods, such as the skeleton shrimps (Caprellidae) and whale lice (Cyamidae). The group was formerly treated as one of the four amphip ...
in a new suborder
Corophiidea Corophiida is an infraorder of amphipods that contains the two parvorders Caprellidira (skeleton shrimp and whale lice) and Corophiidira. In 2003-2013 this group was treated as a suborder, Corophiidea, which in turn had been re-established to co ...
.A. A. Myers & J. K. Lowry (2003). "A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda)". Journal of Crustacean Biology 23 (2): 443–485. doi:10.1651/0278-0372 Further, in 2013 another large suborder
Senticaudata Senticaudata is one of the four suborders of the crustacean order Amphipoda (aka scuds, sideswimmers). It includes some 5000 species, which is more than 50% or the currently recognized amphipod diversity.A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
Zootaxa 3610 (1): 1-80.Senticaudata
WoRMS Worms may refer to: *Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs Places *Worms, Germany, a city **Worms (electoral district) *Worms, Nebraska, U.S. *Worms im Veltlintal, the German name for Bormio, Italy Arts and entertainme ...
 The remaining Gammaridea encompasses 85 families and about 4,000 of the ca. 9,550 amphipod species recognized in 2014.World Amphipoda Database: Introduction
(accessed 26 April 2014)De Broyer, C. (2014
Gammaridea
WoRMS Worms may refer to: *Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs Places *Worms, Germany, a city **Worms (electoral district) *Worms, Nebraska, U.S. *Worms im Veltlintal, the German name for Bormio, Italy Arts and entertainme ...
 The family
Gammaridae Gammaridae is a family of amphipods. In North America they are included among the folk taxonomic category of " scuds", and otherwise gammarids is usually used as a common name. They have a wide distribution, centered on Eurasia, and are eury ...
does not belong to Gammaridea in this new system.


Families

This list comprises those families that remain in the suborder Gammaridea after the separation of the
Senticaudata Senticaudata is one of the four suborders of the crustacean order Amphipoda (aka scuds, sideswimmers). It includes some 5000 species, which is more than 50% or the currently recognized amphipod diversity.WoRMS Worms may refer to: *Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs Places *Worms, Germany, a city **Worms (electoral district) *Worms, Nebraska, U.S. *Worms im Veltlintal, the German name for Bormio, Italy Arts and entertainme ...
(April 2014): *Superfamily Eusiroidea Bousfield, 1979 **
Eusiridae Eusiridae is a family of amphipods. It contains the following genera: *'' Cleonardo'' Stebbing, 1888 *'' Eusirella'' Chevreux, 1908 *'' Eusirogenes'' Stebbing, 1904 *'' Eusiropsis'' Stebbing, 1897 *'' Eusirus'' Krøyer, 1845 *'' Harcledo'' J. L. ...
Stebbing, 1888 *Superfamily Liljeborgioidea Stebbing, 1899 **
Liljeborgiidae Liljeborgiidae is a family 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 mo ...
Stebbing, 1899 *Superfamily Lysianassoidea Dana, 1849 ** Acidostomatidae Stoddart & Lowry, 2012 **
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 ...
Lowry & Stoddart, 2002 **
Aristiidae Aristiidae is a family of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipo ...
Lowry & Stoddart, 1997 ** Cebocaridae Lowry & Stoddart, 2011 ** Cyclocaridae Lowry & Stoddart, 2011 **
Cyphocarididae Cyphocarididae is a family of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amp ...
Lowry & Stoddart, 1997 **
Endevouridae Endevouridae is a family of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphi ...
Lowry & Stoddart, 1997 **
Eurytheneidae ''Eurythenes'' is a genus of marine amphipods in the family Eurytheneidae. Species *'' E. aequilatus'' Narahara-Nakano, Nakano & Tomikawa, 2017 *'' E. andhakarae'' d'Udekem d'Acoz & Havermans, 2015 *'' E. atacamensis'' Weston & Espinosa-Leal, ...
Stoddart & Lowry, 2004 ** Hirondelleidae Lowry & Stoddart, 2010 ** Izinkalidae Lowry & Stoddart, 2010 ** Kergueleniidae Lowry & Stoddart, 2010 ** Lepidepecreellidae Stoddart & Lowry, 2010 **
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, 1 ...
Dana, 1849 ** Opisidae Lowry & Stoddart, 1995 ** Pachynidae Lowry & Stoddart, 2012 ** Podoprionidae Lowry & Stoddart, 1996 ** Scopelocheiridae Lowry & Stoddart, 1997 ** Sophrosynidae Lowry & Stoddart, 2010 ** Thoriellidae Lowry & Stoddart, 2011 **
Trischizostomatidae ''Trischizostoma'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Trischizostomatidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Trischizostoma barnardi'' *''Trischizostoma christochelatum'' *''Trischizostoma c ...
Lilljeborg, 1865 ** Uristidae Hurley, 1963 ** Wandinidae Lowry & Stoddart, 1990 **Lysianassoidea
incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
*Superfamily Pontoporeioidea Dana, 1853 ** Pontoporeiidae Dana, 1853 ** Priscillinidae d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2006 *Families not attributed to superfamilies: **
Acanthonotozomatidae Acanthonotozomatidae is a family (biology), family of amphipod crustaceans, which currently comprises the single genus ''Acanthonotozoma'' Boeck, 1876. References

Gammaridea Taxa named by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing {{Amphipod-stub ...
Stebbing, 1906 ** Acanthonotozomellidae Coleman & Barnard, 1991 **
Alicellidae Alicellidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, which live as scavengers in the deep sea (at depths of ), often in association with hydrothermal vent A hydrothermal vent is a fissure on the seabed from which geothermally heated water dischar ...
Lowry & De Broyer, 2008 ** Amathillopsidae Pirlot, 1934 **
Ampeliscidae The Ampeliscidae are a family of amphipods, distinct enough to warrant placement in a monotypic superfamily Ampeliscoidea. They are benthic, found at the bottom of seas and oceans. They are distributed worldwide, and are often abundant in areas ...
Krøyer, 1842 **
Amphilochidae Amphilochidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipod crustaceans, containing the following genera: *''Afrogitanopsis'' G. Karaman, 1980 *''Amphilochella'' Schellenberg, 1926 *''Amphilochoides'' Sars, 1895 *''Amphilochopsis'' Stephen ...
Boeck, 1871 ** Argissidae Walker, 1904 ** Astyridae Pirlot, 1934 **
Atylidae Atylidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipod crustaceans, containing the following genera: *''Anatylus'' Bulycheva, 1955 *''Kamehatylus'' J. L. Barnard, 1970 *''Austroniphargus'' Monod, 1925 *''Sandro (genus), Sandro'' Karaman & ...
Lilljeborg, 1865 ** Bateidae Stebbing, 1906 ** Bolttsiidae Barnard & Karaman, 1987 ** Cheidae Thurston, 1982 **
Cheluridae Cheluridae 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 me ...
Allman, 1847 ** Colomastigidae Stebbing, 1899 ** Condukiidae Barnard & Drummond, 1982 ** Cressidae Stebbing, 1899 ** Cyproideidae J.L. Barnard, 1974 ** Dexaminidae Leach, 1814 **
Didymocheliidae Didymocheliidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * ''Aidamochelia'' Thomas & Watling, 2012 * ''Apodidymochelia'' Thurston, 1997 * ''Didymochelia'' Barnard, 1931 References

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Bellan-Santini & Ledoyer, 1987 ** Dikwidae Coleman & Barnard, 1991 ** Epimeriidae Boeck, 1871 **
Exoedicerotidae Exoedicerotidae is a family of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, am ...
Barnard & Drummond, 1982 ** Haustoriidae Stebbing, 1906 ** Hyperiopsidae Bovallius, 1886 **
Ipanemidae ''Ipanema'' is a monotypic genus of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, ...
Barnard & Thomas, 1988 ** Iphimediidae Boeck, 1871 **
Lafystiidae Lafystiidae is a family of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphip ...
Sars, 1893 ** Laphystiopsidae Stebbing, 1899 ** Lepechinellidae Schellenberg, 1926 ** Leucothoidae Dana, 1852 ** Maxillipiidae Ledoyer, 1973 ** Megaluropidae Thomas & Barnard, 1986 **
Melphidippidae Melphidippidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods which rest upside-down and feed on particles of food suspended in the water. Three genera are recognised: *''Melphidippa'' Boeck, 1871 *''Melphidippella'' Sars, 1894 *''Melphisu ...
Stebbing, 1899 ** Miramarassidae Lowry, 2006 ** Nihotungidae J.L. Barnard, 1972 **
Ochlesidae Ochlesidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods. They are very small, often less than long, and are found mainly in tropical and subtropical areas of the Southern Hemisphere. The family Odiidae has sometimes been subsumed into O ...
Stebbing, 1910 ** Oedicerotidae Lilljeborg, 1865 ** Pagetinidae K.H. Barnard, 1931 **
Paracalliopiidae Paracalliopiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: *'' Doowia'' Barnard & Drummond, 1987 *'' Indocalliope'' Barnard & Karaman, 1982 *'' Katacalliope'' Barnard & Drummond, 1984 *'' Paracalliope'' Stebbing, 1899 *''Yhi In ...
Barnard & Karaman, 1982 ** Pardaliscidae Boeck, 1871 ** Phoxocephalidae Sars, 1891 ** Phoxocephalopsidae Barnard & Drummond, 1982 **
Platyischnopidae Platyischnopidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipod crustaceans. Its members are characterised by the conical rostrum (anatomy), rostrum, which is covered with sensory pits at the end. Although digging behaviour has only been d ...
Barnard & Drummond, 1979 ** Pleustidae Buchholz, 1874 ** Podosiridae Lowry & Myers, 2012 ** Pseudamphilochidae Schellenberg, 1931 ** Sebidae Walker, 1908 ** Sicafodiidae Just, 2004 ** Stegocephalidae Dana, 1855 **
Stenothoidae Stenothoidae is a Family (biology), family of arthropods in the Order (biology), order Amphipoda. Genera *''Incertae sedis'' **''Sudanea'' Krapp-Schickel, 2015 *Subfamily Stenothoinae Boeck, 1871 **''Aurometopa'' Barnard & Karaman, 1987 **''Gora ...
Boeck, 1871 **
Stilipedidae Stilipedidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods, containing the following genera: *''Alexandrella'' *''Astyra'' *''Astyroides'' *''Bathypanoploea'' *''Stilipes'' References External linksStilipedidae Holmes, 1908
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Holmes, 1908 **
Synopiidae Synopiidae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera Genera: * ''Austrosyrrhoe'' Barnard, 1925 * ''Bruzelia'' Boeck, 1871 * ''Bruzeliopsis'' Chevreux, 1911 References

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Dana, 1853 **
Thurstonellidae ''Thurstonella'' is a monotypic genus of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, co ...
Lowry & Zeidler, 2008 ** Urohaustoriidae Barnard & Drummond, 1982 **
Urothoidae Urothoidae is a family of small marine amphipod crustaceans. Members of the family are found worldwide and are mainly detritivores and interface grazers, though some are also facultative filter feeder Filter feeders are a sub-group of suspensi ...
Bousfield, 1978 ** Valettiidae Stebbing, 1888 ** Valettiopsidae Lowry & De Broyer, 2008 ** Vicmusiidae Just, 1990 **
Vitjazianidae Vitjazianidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * ''Vemana (crustacean), Vemana'' Barnard, 1964 * ''Vitjaziana'' Birstein and Vinogradov, 1955 References

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Birstein & M. Vinogradov, 1955 ** Zobrachoidae Barnard & Drummond, 1982


Gammaridea sensu lato

This alternative listing of families (divided to superfamilies) reflects the composition of the Gammaridea before the revision in 2013, when much of its contents were removed to a new suborder
Senticaudata Senticaudata is one of the four suborders of the crustacean order Amphipoda (aka scuds, sideswimmers). It includes some 5000 species, which is more than 50% or the currently recognized amphipod diversity. Superfamily Ampeliscoidea *
Ampeliscidae The Ampeliscidae are a family of amphipods, distinct enough to warrant placement in a monotypic superfamily Ampeliscoidea. They are benthic, found at the bottom of seas and oceans. They are distributed worldwide, and are often abundant in areas ...
Superfamily Crangonyctoidea * Allocrangonyctidae * Artesiidae * Bogidiellidae *
Crangonyctidae Crangonyctidae is a family of cave-dwelling freshwater amphipod crustaceans. It contains the following genera: *'' Amurocrangonyx'' Sidorov & Holsinger, 2007  *'' Bactrurus'' Hay, 1902 *''Crangonyx ''Crangonyx'' is a genus of crusta ...
* Crymostygidae * Falklandellidae * Kotumsaridae (tentatively placed here) * Neoniphargidae *
Niphargidae Niphargidae is a family of amphipod crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapoda, decapods, ostracoda, seed shrimp, branchiopoda, branchiopods, argulidae, fish lice, krill, ...
* Paracrangonyctidae *
Paramelitidae Paramelitidae is a family (biology), family of amphipods, containing the following genera: *''Antipodeus'' Williams & Barnard, 1988 *''Aquadulcaris'' Stewart & Griffiths, 1995 *''Austrocrangonyx'' Barnard & Barnard, 1983 *''Austrogammarus'' Barna ...
* Perthiidae * Phreatogammaridae * Pseudocrangonyctidae * Pseudoniphargidae * Sternophysingidae Superfamily Dexaminoidea *
Atylidae Atylidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipod crustaceans, containing the following genera: *''Anatylus'' Bulycheva, 1955 *''Kamehatylus'' J. L. Barnard, 1970 *''Austroniphargus'' Monod, 1925 *''Sandro (genus), Sandro'' Karaman & ...
* Dexaminidae * Lepechinellidae Superfamily Eusiroidea * Amathillopsidae * Bateidae *
Calliopiidae Calliopiidae is a family 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 t ...
*
Eusiridae Eusiridae is a family of amphipods. It contains the following genera: *'' Cleonardo'' Stebbing, 1888 *'' Eusirella'' Chevreux, 1908 *'' Eusirogenes'' Stebbing, 1904 *'' Eusiropsis'' Stebbing, 1897 *'' Eusirus'' Krøyer, 1845 *'' Harcledo'' J. L. ...
* Gammaracanthidae * Gammarellidae * Pontogeneiidae Superfamily Gammaroidea * Acanthogammaridae *
Acanthonotozomatidae Acanthonotozomatidae is a family (biology), family of amphipod crustaceans, which currently comprises the single genus ''Acanthonotozoma'' Boeck, 1876. References

Gammaridea Taxa named by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing {{Amphipod-stub ...
*
Anisogammaridae Anisogammaridae is a family of small benthic 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. ...
* Baikalogammaridae * Behningiellidae *
Cardenioidae Synopiidae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera Genera: * ''Austrosyrrhoe'' Barnard, 1925 * ''Bruzelia'' Boeck, 1871 * ''Bruzeliopsis'' Chevreux, 1911 References

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* Caspicolidae * Eulimnogammaridae *
Gammaridae Gammaridae is a family of amphipods. In North America they are included among the folk taxonomic category of " scuds", and otherwise gammarids is usually used as a common name. They have a wide distribution, centered on Eurasia, and are eury ...
* Gammaroporeiidae * Iphigenellidae * Macrohectopidae * Mesogammaridae * Micruropodidae * Pachyschesidae * Pallaseidae * Pontogammaridae * Typhlogammaridae Superfamily Hadzioidea * Carangoliopsidae * Hadziidae *
Melitidae Melitidae is a family of amphipods. It contains around 45 genera, and formerly included a further 40 genera that are now placed in the family Maeridae. Genera *'' Abludomelita'' *'' Allomelita'' *'' Alsacomelita'' *'' Anchialella'' *'' Brachi ...
* Metacrangonyctidae Superfamily Iphimedioidea * Acanthonotozomellidae * Dikwidae * Epimeriidae * Iphimediidae *
Ochlesidae Ochlesidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods. They are very small, often less than long, and are found mainly in tropical and subtropical areas of the Southern Hemisphere. The family Odiidae has sometimes been subsumed into O ...
* Vicmusiidae Superfamily Kurioidea * Kuriidae Superfamily Leucothoidea * Anamixidae * Leucothoidae * Pleustidae Superfamily Liljborgioidea * Colomastigidae *
Liljeborgiidae Liljeborgiidae is a family 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 mo ...
* Salentinellidae * Sebidae Superfamily Lysianassoidea *
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 ...
*
Aristiidae Aristiidae is a family of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipo ...
*
Cyphocarididae Cyphocarididae is a family of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amp ...
*
Endevouridae Endevouridae is a family of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphi ...
*
Eurytheneidae ''Eurythenes'' is a genus of marine amphipods in the family Eurytheneidae. Species *'' E. aequilatus'' Narahara-Nakano, Nakano & Tomikawa, 2017 *'' E. andhakarae'' d'Udekem d'Acoz & Havermans, 2015 *'' E. atacamensis'' Weston & Espinosa-Leal, ...
*
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, 1 ...
* Opisidae * Podoprionidae * Scopelocheiridae *
Trischizostomatidae ''Trischizostoma'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Trischizostomatidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: *''Trischizostoma barnardi'' *''Trischizostoma christochelatum'' *''Trischizostoma c ...
* Uristidae * Wandinidae Superfamily Melphidippoidea * Megaluropidae *
Melphidippidae Melphidippidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods which rest upside-down and feed on particles of food suspended in the water. Three genera are recognised: *''Melphidippa'' Boeck, 1871 *''Melphidippella'' Sars, 1894 *''Melphisu ...
Superfamily Oedicerotoidea *
Exoedicerotidae Exoedicerotidae is a family of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, am ...
* Oedicerotidae *
Paracalliopiidae Paracalliopiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: *'' Doowia'' Barnard & Drummond, 1987 *'' Indocalliope'' Barnard & Karaman, 1982 *'' Katacalliope'' Barnard & Drummond, 1984 *'' Paracalliope'' Stebbing, 1899 *''Yhi In ...
Superfamily Pardaliscoidea * Astyridae * Hyperiopsidae * Pardaliscidae * Sicafodiidae *
Stilipedidae Stilipedidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods, containing the following genera: *''Alexandrella'' *''Astyra'' *''Astyroides'' *''Bathypanoploea'' *''Stilipes'' References External linksStilipedidae Holmes, 1908
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Vitjazianidae Vitjazianidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * ''Vemana (crustacean), Vemana'' Barnard, 1964 * ''Vitjaziana'' Birstein and Vinogradov, 1955 References

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Superfamily Phoxocephaloidea * Cheidae * Condukiidae * Haustoriidae *
Ipanemidae ''Ipanema'' is a monotypic genus of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, ...
* Phoxocephalidae * Phoxocephalopsidae *
Platyischnopidae Platyischnopidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipod crustaceans. Its members are characterised by the conical rostrum (anatomy), rostrum, which is covered with sensory pits at the end. Although digging behaviour has only been d ...
* Pontoporeiidae * Sinurothoidae * Urohaustoriidae *
Urothoidae Urothoidae is a family of small marine amphipod crustaceans. Members of the family are found worldwide and are mainly detritivores and interface grazers, though some are also facultative filter feeder Filter feeders are a sub-group of suspensi ...
* Zobrachoidae Superfamily
Stegocephaloidea Stegocephalidae is a little-studied family (biology), family of amphipods belonging to the suborder Gammaridea. Description Stegocephalids have smooth and globular bodies with a short and deep head. It has small rostrum and the highly modified m ...
* Stegocephalidae Superfamily Stenothoidea *
Amphilochidae Amphilochidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipod crustaceans, containing the following genera: *''Afrogitanopsis'' G. Karaman, 1980 *''Amphilochella'' Schellenberg, 1926 *''Amphilochoides'' Sars, 1895 *''Amphilochopsis'' Stephen ...
* Bolttsiidae * Cyproideidae * Pseudamphilochidae *
Stenothoidae Stenothoidae is a Family (biology), family of arthropods in the Order (biology), order Amphipoda. Genera *''Incertae sedis'' **''Sudanea'' Krapp-Schickel, 2015 *Subfamily Stenothoinae Boeck, 1871 **''Aurometopa'' Barnard & Karaman, 1987 **''Gora ...
Superfamily Synopioidea * Argissidae *
Synopiidae Synopiidae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera Genera: * ''Austrosyrrhoe'' Barnard, 1925 * ''Bruzelia'' Boeck, 1871 * ''Bruzeliopsis'' Chevreux, 1911 References

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Superfamily
Talitroidea Gammaridea is one of the suborders of the order Amphipoda, comprising small, shrimp-like crustaceans. Until recently, in a traditional classification, it encompassed about 7,275 (92%) of the 7,900 species of amphipods described by then, in approx ...
(includes Phliantoidea) * Biancolinidae * Ceinidae * Chiltoniidae * Dogielinotidae * Eophliantidae * Phliantidae * Plioplateiidae *
Talitridae Talitridae is a family of amphipods. Terrestrial species are often referred to as landhoppers and beach dwellers are called sandhoppers or sand fleas. The name sand flea is misleading, though, because these talitrid amphipods are not siphonapter ...
* Temnophliantidae Superfamily Thurstonelloidea (formerly Clarencioidea) *
Thurstonellidae ''Thurstonella'' is a monotypic genus of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, co ...
(formerly Clarenciidae) ''
Incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
'' * Cressidae *
Didymocheliidae Didymocheliidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * ''Aidamochelia'' Thomas & Watling, 2012 * ''Apodidymochelia'' Thurston, 1997 * ''Didymochelia'' Barnard, 1931 References

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* Iciliidae *
Lafystiidae Lafystiidae is a family of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphip ...
* Laphystiopsidae * Maxillipiidae * Nihotungidae * Pagetinidae * Paraleptamphopidae * Tulearidae * Valettidae


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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q133679 Amphipoda Arthropod suborders