Maeridae

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Maeridae
Ceradocus sellickensis, Amphipod no. J 18004.jpg
Ceradocus sellickensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Superfamily: Hadzioidea
Family: Maeridae
Krapp-Schickel, 2008

Maeridae is a family of marine amphipods, which was first described by Taudl Krapp-Schickel in 2008. [1] [2]

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Genera

Accepted genera: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. "Maeridae". Marinespecies. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  2. Traudl Krapp-Schickel (2008). "What has happened with the Maera-clade (Crustacea, Amphipoda) during the last decade" (PDF). Bollettino del Museo civico di storia naturale di Verona. Botanica Zoologia. 32: 3–32. ISSN   1590-8399. Wikidata   Q114436914.

Further reading

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