Amaryllididae

Taxobox
name = Amaryllididae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
subclassis = Eumalacostraca
superordo = Peracarida
ordo = Amphipoda
subordo = Gammaridea
familia = Amaryllididae
familia_authority = Lowry & Stoddart, 2002
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Amaryllis"
"Bamarooka"
"Bathyamaryllis"
"Erikus"
"Wonga"

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.

References

* [http://crustacea.net/crustace/amphipoda/www/amarylli.htm Full description at crustacea.net]
* [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236743 Record page at World Register of Marine Species]