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 crustaceans. 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. 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 in a new suborder Corophiidea.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 was established, which now encompasses much of the original Gammaridea, particularly its freshwater families, and into which also the Corophiidea was merged.Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. (2013
A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
Zootaxa 3610 (1): 1-80.Senticaudata
WoRMS 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 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 eur ...

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, as listed in WoRMS (April 2014): *Superfamily Eusiroidea Bousfield, 1979 ** Eusiridae Stebbing, 1888 *Superfamily Liljeborgioidea Stebbing, 1899 ** Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, 1899 *Superfamily Lysianassoidea Dana, 1849 ** Acidostomatidae Stoddart & Lowry, 2012 ** Amaryllididae 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 Opisidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 detritivore ...

Lowry & Stoddart, 1995 ** Pachynidae Lowry & Stoddart, 2012 **

Podoprionidae Podoprionidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 detri ...

Lowry & Stoddart, 1996 **

Scopelocheiridae Scopelocheiridae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. The family was first described in 1997 by Helen E. Stoddart and James K. Lowry. The type genus is ''Scopelocheirus'' Bate, 1857. Genera: * ''Anisocallisoma'' Hendrycks ...

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 Uristidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 detritivor ...

Hurley, 1963 **

Wandinidae Wandinidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * '' Pseudocyphocaris'' Ledoyer, 1986 * ''Wandin Wandin East is a town in Victoria, Australia, 45 km east from Melbourne's central business district, loc ...

Lowry & Stoddart, 1990 **Lysianassoidea incertae sedis *Superfamily Pontoporeioidea Dana, 1853 **

Pontoporeiidae Pontoporeiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: *'' Diporeia'' Bousfield, 1989 *'' Monoporeia'' Bousfield, 1989 *''Pontoporeia ''Pontoporeia'' is a genus of fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any membe ...

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 Acanthonotozomellidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. A new species was discovered deep in Drake Passage The Drake Passage (referred to as Mar de Hoces Hoces Sea"in Spanish-speaking countries) is the body of water between South Ameri ...

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 Amathillopsidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 detr ...

Pirlot, 1934 ** Ampeliscidae 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 Argissidae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * ''Argissa Ἄργισσα, Ἆργουσσα , alternate_name = , image = , imagealttext = , caption = , map_type = Greece , coordinates = , location = ...

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 Bateidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, comprising the single genus ''Batea'', which in turn contains thirteen species: *''Batea bousfieldi'' (Ortiz, 1991) *'' Batea campi'' (Ortiz, 1991) *''Batea carinata'' (Shoemaker, 1926) *'' Batea cath ...

Stebbing, 1906 **

Bolttsiidae ''Bolttsia'' is a 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, amphipod ...

Barnard & Karaman, 1987 **

Cheidae Cheidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 ...

Thurston, 1982 ** Cheluridae Allman, 1847 **

Colomastigidae Colomastigidae is a family of amphipods belonging to 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 detrit ...

Stebbing, 1899 **

Condukiidae Condukiidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 detritiv ...

Barnard & Drummond, 1982 **

Cressidae Cressidae 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 tha ...

Stebbing, 1899 **

Cyproideidae Cyproideidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipod crustaceans. Eighteen genera and 43 species have been described as of 2009. They mostly occur mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, where they form associations with corals, sponges ...

J.L. Barnard, 1974 **

Dexaminidae Dexaminidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods. It contains the following genera: *''Delkarlye'' J. L. Barnard, 1972 *''Dexamine'' Leach, 1814 *''Dexaminella'' Schellenberg, 1928 *''Dexaminoculus'' Lowry, 1981 *''Guernea'' Chev ...

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 ''Dikwa'' is a genus of amphipods in the 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 ...

Coleman & Barnard, 1991 **

Epimeriidae Epimeriidae is a family of relatively large amphipods found in cold oceans around the world. Distribution, habitat and abundance Members of this family range from the intertidal zone to a depth of , but overall mostly and in the Southern Ocean ...

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 Haustoriidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods. They are very distinctive stout-bodied burrowing animals. The following genera are included in the family: *''Acanthohaustorius'' Bousfield, 1965 *''Cunicus'' *''Eohaustorius'' ...

Stebbing, 1906 **

Hyperiopsidae Hyperiopsidae 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 ...

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 Iphimediidae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * ''Acanthozoma'' Boeck, 1876 * ''Anchiphimedia'' Barnard, 1930 * ''Anisoiphimedia'' Karaman, 1980 * ''Coboldus'' Krapp-Schickel, 1974 * ''Echiniphimedia'' Barnard, ...

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 Lepechinellidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 det ...

Schellenberg, 1926 **

Leucothoidae Leucothoidae is a family of amphipods. It contains 138 species in 5 genera: *'' Anamixis'' Stebbing, 1897 – 21 species *'' Leucothoe'' Leach, 1814 – 98 species *'' Nepanamixis'' Thomas, 1997 – 4 species *'' Paranamixis'' Schellenberg, 193 ...

Dana, 1852 **

Maxillipiidae Maxillipiidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 detrit ...

Ledoyer, 1973 **

Megaluropidae Megaluropidae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * ''Aurohornellia'' Barnard & Karaman, 1982 * ''Gibberosus'' Thomas & Barnard, 1986 * ''Magnovis'' Alves, Lowry & Johnsson, 2020 * ''Megaloura'' Hoek, 1889 * ''Mega ...

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 ''Nihotunga'' is a 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, amphipo ...

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 Oedicerotidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods. It comprises the following genera: *''Aborolobatea'' Ledoyer, 1984 *''Acanthostepheia'' Boeck, 1871 *''Aceroides'' Sars, 1895 *''Americhelidium'' Bousfield & Chevrier, 1996 *'' ...

Lilljeborg, 1865 **

Pagetinidae ''Pagetina'' is a 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, amphipod ...

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 Pardaliscidae is a family of amphipods, whose members typically inhabit the deepest parts of ocean basins. It contains the following genera: *'' Andeepia'' Biswas, Coleman & Hendrycks, 2009 *'' Antronicippe'' Stock & Illife, 1990 *'' Arculfia' ...

Boeck, 1871 **

Phoxocephalidae Phoxocephalidae is a family of small, shrimp-like crustaceans in the suborder Gammaridea described by Georg Ossian Sars in 1891. It contains '' Cocoharpinia iliffei'', a critically endangered species on the IUCN Red List The International U ...

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 Pleustidae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera The family contains 36 genera in 12 subfamilies: * Subfamily Atylopsinae **''Atylopsis'' **''Myzotarsa'' * Subfamily Austropleustinae **''Austropleustes'' **''T ...

Buchholz, 1874 ** Podosiridae Lowry & Myers, 2012 **

Pseudamphilochidae ''Pseudamphilochus'' 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, ...

Schellenberg, 1931 **

Sebidae Sebidae is a family of amphipods. Its members are disjunctly distributed, occurring in the Mediterranean Sea, eastern and southern parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the southern United States, the Hawaiian Islands, the Indian Ocean, Antarctica and A ...

Walker, 1908 ** Sicafodiidae Just, 2004 **

Stegocephalidae Stegocephalidae is a little-studied 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 mouthparts are arra ...

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 Lowry & Zeidler, 2008 **

Urohaustoriidae Urohaustoriidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * ''Dirimus'' Barnard & Drummond, 1982 * ''Gheegerus'' Barnard & Drummond, 1982 * ''Huarpe (crustacean), Huarpe'' Barnard & Clarke, 1982 * ''Narunius'' Barnard ...

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 ''Valettia'' is a 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, amphipod ...

Stebbing, 1888 ** Valettiopsidae Lowry & De Broyer, 2008 **

Vicmusiidae ''Acanthonotozomopsis'' is a 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, copepod ...

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 Zobrachoidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * ''Bumeralius'' Barnard & Drummond, 1982 * ''Chono (crustacean), Chono'' Clark & Barnard, 1987 * ''Prantinus'' Barnard & Drummond, 1982 * ''Tonocote (crustacean), ...

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. Hirondellea gigas

Superfamily Ampeliscoidea * Ampeliscidae Superfamily Crangonyctoidea *

Allocrangonyctidae ''Allocrangonyx'' is a genus of troglobitic amphipod crustaceans from the South Central United States. The two species are both listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. The animals are blind and unpigmented. During the male's development, the ...

Artesiidae Artesiidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 detritivo ...

Bogidiellidae Bogidiellidae is a family of amphipod 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 ...

Crangonyctidae Crangonyctidae is a family of cave-dwelling freshwater amphipod crustaceans. It contains the following genera: *'' Amurocrangonyx'' Sidorov & Holsinger, 2007 *'' Bactrurus'' Hay, 1902 *'' Crangonyx'' Bate, 1859 *'' Lyurella'' Derzhavin, ...

Crymostygidae ''Crymostygius thingvallensis'' is a species of subterranean amphipod crustacean, endemic to the area around Þingvallavatn, a lake in southwestern Iceland. The species has no close relatives, and is placed in its own family, Crymostygidae. This d ...

* Falklandellidae * Kotumsaridae (tentatively placed here) *

Neoniphargidae Neoniphargidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera: * '' Jasptorus'' Bradbury & Williams, 1997 * '' Neocrypta'' Bradbury & Williams, 1997 * '' Neoniphargus'' (type genus) Stebbing, 1899 * '' Tasniphargus'' William ...

* Niphargidae *

Paracrangonyctidae ''Paracrangonyx'' is a genus of amphipods in the family Paracrangonyctidae, comprising two species, ''Paracrangonyx compactus'' and ''Paracrangonyz winterbourni''. ''P. compactus'' is found only in Canterbury, New Zealand, at Eyreton, Leeston, ...

* Paramelitidae *

Perthiidae ''Perthia'' is a 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, amphipods ...

* Phreatogammaridae *

Pseudocrangonyctidae Pseudocrangonyctidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 ...

* Pseudoniphargidae * Sternophysingidae Superfamily Dexaminoidea *

Superfamily Eusiroidea *

Calliopiidae Calliopiidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: *'' Amphithopsis'' Boeck, 1861 *''Apherusa'' Walker, 1891 *'' Bouvierella'' Chevreux, 1900 *'' Calliopiella'' Schellenberg, 1925 *'' Calliopiurus'' Bushueva, 1986 *''Calli ...

* Eusiridae *

Gammaracanthidae ''Gammaracanthus'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Gammaracanthidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America. Species: *'' Gammaracanthus aestuariorum'' *'' Gammaracanthus caspius'' *'' ...

Gammarellidae Gammarellidae is a family of amphipods containing three genera: *'' Austroregia'' J. L. Barnard, 1989 *'' Chosroes'' Stebbing, 1888 *'' Gammarellus'' Herbst, 1793 References Gammaridea Crustacean families {{Amphipod-stub ...

* Pontogeneiidae Superfamily

Gammaroidea Gammaroidea is a superfamily of amphipods in the order Amphipoda. Families These families belong to the superfamily Gammaroidea: * Acanthogammaridae Garjajeff, 1901 * Anisogammaridae Bousfield, 1977 * Baikalogammaridae Kamaltynov, 2002 * Ba ...

Acanthogammaridae Acanthogammaridae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, endemic to Lake Baikal. It contains the following subfamilies and genera: ;Acanthogammarinae Garjajeff, 1901 *'' Acanthogammarus'' Stebbing, 1899 *'' Boeckaxelia'' Schellenberg, 1940 *'' B ...

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 * 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 ''Caspicola'' is a monotypic genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Caspicolidae. The only species is ''Caspicola knipovitschi''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18606188 Amphipoda ...

Eulimnogammaridae Eulimnogammaridae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera Genera: * '' Abyssogammarus'' Sowinsky, 1915 * '' Barguzinia'' Kamaltynov, 2002 * '' Bazikalovia'' Tachteew, 2001 * '' Berchinia'' Kamaltynov, 2002 * '' Eulimno ...

Gammaroporeiidae ''Gammaroporeia'' 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 ...

Iphigenellidae __NOTOC__ Iphigenellidae is a freshwater family of amphipods in the superfamily Gammaroidea. It is found in the Ponto-Caspian region, which encompasses the Black, Azov, and Caspian Caspian can refer to: *The Caspian Sea *The Caspian Depression ...

Macrohectopidae Macrohectopidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 detri ...

Mesogammaridae Mesogammaridae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 detri ...

* Micruropodidae *

Pachyschesidae ''Pachyschesis'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Pachyschesidae. Species: *''Pachyschesis acanthogammarii'' *'' Pachyschesis bazikalovae'' *'' Pachyschesis bergi'' *'' Pachyschesis branchialis'' *'' Pachyschesis b ...

Pallaseidae Pallaseidae (from the genus name '' Pallasea'') is a family of amphipod crustaceans endemic to Lake Baikal. Some species are also found in the Angara River which flows out of Lake Baikal, and one species is distributed throughout Northern Palearc ...

Pontogammaridae Pontogammaridae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda. Genera Genera: * '' Andrussovia'' Derzhavin, 1927 * '' Compactogammarus'' Stock, 1974 * ''Euxinia Euxinia or euxinic conditions occur when water is both anoxic and s ...

Typhlogammaridae Typhlogammaridae is a family of amphipods belonging to 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 detri ...

Superfamily Hadzioidea * Carangoliopsidae *

Hadziidae Hadziidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods, which is difficult to distinguish from the related family Melitidae. It contains the following genera: *''Allotexiweckelia'' *''Alloweckelia'' *''Dulzura (amphipod), Dulzura'' *''H ...

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 *

Superfamily Kurioidea *

Kuriidae Kuriidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 detritivore ...

Superfamily Leucothoidea *

Anamixidae Leucothoidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods. It contains 138 species in 5 genera: *''Anamixis'' Stebbing, 1897 – 21 species *''Leucothoe (crustacean), Leucothoe'' Leach, 1814 – 98 species *''Nepanamixis'' Thomas, 1997 � ...

Superfamily Liljborgioidea *

* Liljeborgiidae * Salentinellidae *

Superfamily Lysianassoidea * Amaryllididae *

Superfamily Melphidippoidea *

Superfamily Oedicerotoidea *

Superfamily Pardaliscoidea * Astyridae *

* Sicafodiidae *

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Superfamily Phoxocephaloidea *

* Phoxocephalopsidae *

Sinurothoidae ''Sinurothoe'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Sinurothoidae. The species of this genus are found in China Sea The China Seas consist of a series of marginal seas in the Western Pacific Ocean, around China. They a ...

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 ...

Superfamily Stenothoidea *

Superfamily Synopioidea *

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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 Ampithoidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. The family has a worldwide distribution as algal dwellers. They commonly create tube-shaped nests on their host plants or algae which serve as both shelter and food. Young ampithoids develop from e ...

Ceinidae Ceinidae is a family of amphipods. Until 1972, they were considered part of the family Phliantidae. Some genera previously included in this family have been transferred to the family Hyalidae Hyalidae is a family of amphipods, containing ...

Chiltoniidae Chiltoniidae is a family of amphipods, which contains the following genera: *'' Afrochiltonia'' K. H. Barnard, 1955 *'' Arabunnachiltonia'' King, 2009 *'' Austrochiltonia'' Hurley, 1958 *'' Chiltonia'' Stebbing, 1899 *'' Phreatochiltonia'' Zeid ...

Dogielinotidae Dogielinotidae is a family of amphipods. It is subdivided into three subfamilies, containing a total of twelve genera: ;Dogielinotinae Gurjanova, 1953 *'' Allorchestes'' Dana, 1849 *'' Dogielinoides'' Bousfield, 1982 *'' Dogielinotus'' Gurjano ...

Eophliantidae Eophliantidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera: *'' Bircenna'' Chilton, 1884 *'' Ceinina'' Stephensen, 1933 *'' Cylindryllioides'' Nichols, 1938 *'' Eophliantis'' Sheard, 1936 *'' Lignophliantis'' J. L. Barnard, 1969 *'' ...

Phliantidae Phliantidae is a family of isopod-like amphipod crustaceans chiefly from the southern hemisphere. Description Members of the family Phliantidae are unusual among the order Amphipoda, because they have dorso-ventrally flattened bodies with a pr ...

* Plioplateiidae * Talitridae *

Temnophliantidae Temnophliantidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 det ...

Superfamily Thurstonelloidea (formerly Clarencioidea) * Thurstonellidae (formerly Clarenciidae) '' Incertae sedis'' *

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Iciliidae Iciliidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to 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 detritivor ...

* Laphystiopsidae *

Paraleptamphopidae Paraleptamphopidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, containing three genera. ''Paraleptamphopus'' and '' Ringanui'' are both endemic to New Zealand, but '' Rudolphia'' lives in Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a count ...

* Tulearidae * Valettidae

References

External links

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