Amaryllididae | |
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Amaryllis carrascoi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Suborder: | Amphilochidea |
Infraorder: | Lysianassida |
Parvorder: | Lysianassidira |
Superfamily: | Lysianassoidea |
Family: | Amaryllididae Lowry & Stoddart, 2002 |
Type genus | |
Amaryllis |
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. [2] It was first described in 2002 by James K. Lowry and Helen E. Stoddart. [3] [1] It contains the following genera: [3]