Apohyale | |
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Apohyale prevostii male | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Family: | Hyalidae |
Subfamily: | Hyalinae |
Genus: | Apohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks (2002) |
Type species | |
Apohyale pugettensis Dana (1853) |
Apohyale is a genus of amphipods in the family Hyalidae, first described by E.L. Bousfield and E.A. Hendrycks in 2002, The type species by original designation is Allorchestes pugettensis Dana, 1853, currently (2023) accepted as Apohyale pugettensis (Dana, 1853). [1] [2]
Widespread in polar and temperate rocky coasts of the north and south Pacific. Habitat is intertidal and includes brackish and hypersaline ponds. Some species that live high in the intertidal zone are highly tolerant of a wide temperature and salinity range. [2] : 106
The species recognised as of October 2023 are: [1]
From the Greek apo (advanced) and Hyale, the root name for the family. [2] : 106