Pardaliscidae is a
family
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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 ...
, whose members typically inhabit the deepest parts of ocean basins.
It contains the following genera:
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Andeepia''
Biswas, Coleman & Hendrycks, 2009
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Antronicippe''
Stock & Illife, 1990
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Arculfia''
Barnard, 1961
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Caleidoscopsis''
G. Karaman, 1974
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Epereopus''
Mills, 1967
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Halice''
Boeck, 1871
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Halicella''
Schellenberg, 1926
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Halicoides''
Walker, 1896
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Macroarthrus''
Hendrycks & Conlan, 2003
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Necochea
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Barnard, 1962
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Nicippe Nicippe, also Nikippe (Ancient Greek: Νικίππη) is a name attributed to several women in Greek mythology.
* Nicippe, a priestess of Demeter in Dotion, Thessaly. Demeter assumes her shape to try to stop Erysichthon from cutting down the sacred ...
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Bruzellius, 1859
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Octomana''
Hendrycks & Conlan, 2003
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Parahalice''
Birstein & M. Vinogradov, 1962
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Pardalisca''
Krøyer, 1842
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Pardaliscella''
Sars, 1893
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Pardaliscoides''
Stebbing, 1888
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Pardaliscopsis''
Chevreux, 1911
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Parpano''
J. L. Barnard, 1964
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Princaxelia''
Dahl, 1959
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Rhynohalicella''
G. Karaman, 1974
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Spelaeonicippe''
Stock & Vermeulen, 1982
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Tosilus''
J. L. Barnard, 1966
*''Pardisynopia''
Barnard, 1961 is a synonym of ''Halicoides''
Walker, 1896.
See also
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Princaxelia jamiesoni''
References
Gammaridea
Crustacean families
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