Ampeliscidae

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Ampeliscidae
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Ampelisca brevicornis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Parvorder: Synopiidira
Superfamily: Synopioidea
Bousfield, 1979
Family: Ampeliscidae
Costa, 1857

The Ampeliscidae are a family of amphipods, distinct enough to warrant placement in a monotypic superfamily Ampeliscoidea. [1] They are benthic, found at the bottom of seas and oceans. They are distributed worldwide, and are often abundant in areas with fine sediments. [2] They live in infaunal tubes, constructed from "amphipod silk" and sediment. [2]

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  1. ↑ Donald B. Cadien (September 25, 2007). "Ampeliscoidea of the NEP (Equator to Aleutians, intertidal to abyss): a review" (PDF). Southern California Association of Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists.
  2. 1 2 Rachael A. King (2009). "Ampeliscidae" (PDF). In J. K. Lowry & A. A. Myers (ed.). Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Vol. 2260. pp. 132–142. ISBN   978-1-86977-411-0.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)


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