Ampithoidae

Ampithoidae
Sunamphitoe pelagica (Milne-Edwards, 1830) - A benthic amphipod from the Belgian part of the North Sea. Length : 8 mm
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Superfamily:	Corophioidea
Family:	Ampithoidae Boeck, 1871 [1]
Synonyms [1]
AmpithoinaeBoeck, 1871 Biancolinidae J.L. Barnard, 1972 Exampithoinae Myers & Lowry, 2003

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 eggs to a larval stage within their mother's brood-pouch, formed by the appendages of her abdomen.

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in this family:-

• Amphithoides Kossmann, 1880
• Amphitholina Ruffo, 1953
• Ampithoe Leach, 1814
• Austrothoe Peart, 2014
• Biancolina Della Valle, 1893
• Cymadusa Savigny, 1816
• Exampithoe K.H. Barnard, 1926
• Macropisthopus K.H. Barnard, 1916
• Paradusa Ruffo, 1969
• Paragrubia Chevreux, 1901
• Paranexes Peart, 2014
• Pleonexes Spence Bate, 1857
• Plumithoe Barnard & Karaman, 1991
• Pseudamphithoides Ortiz, 1976 (e.g. Pseudamphithoides incurvaria )
• Pseudopleonexes Conlan, 1982
• Sunamphitoe Spence Bate, 1857 (e.g. Sunamphitoe femorata )

References

1. Lowry, J. (2010). Lowry J (ed.). "Ampithoidae Boeck, 1871". World Amphipoda Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 15 April 2019.

Further reading

• Cerda, Osvaldo; Hinojosa, Iván A.; Thiel, Martin (June 2010). "Nest-Building Behavior by the Amphipod Peramphithoe femorata (Krøyer) on the Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh From Northern-Central Chile". The Biological Bulletin. 218 (3): 248–258. doi:10.1086/BBLv218n3p248. hdl: 10533/144364 . PMID   20570848. S2CID   12067862.
• Peart, Rachael A.; Lörz, Anne-Nina (26 January 2018). "Ampithoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from New Zealand". ZooKeys (733): 25–48. Bibcode:2018ZooK..733...25P. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.733.14052 . PMC   5799742 . PMID   29416406.