Melphidippidae

Melphidippidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Parvorder:	Synopiidira
Superfamily:	Dexaminoidea
Family:	Melphidippidae ; Stebbing, 1899

Last updated May 26, 2025

Melphidippidae is a family of amphipods which rest upside-down and feed on particles of food suspended in the water.^[1] Three genera are recognised:^[2]

Melphidippa Boeck, 1871
Melphidippella Sars, 1894
Melphisubchela Andres, 1981

References

↑ Charles Oliver Coleman (2009). J. K. Lowry & A. A. Myers (ed.). "Melphidippidae" (PDF). Zootaxa . 2260 (Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia): 736–740.
↑ Claude De Broyer, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2010). J. Lowry (ed.). "Melphidippidae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved October 21, 2010.

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[1] Charles Oliver Coleman (2009). J. K. Lowry & A. A. Myers (ed.). "Melphidippidae" (PDF). Zootaxa . 2260 (Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia): 736–740.

[2] Claude De Broyer, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2010). J. Lowry (ed.). "Melphidippidae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved October 21, 2010.

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