| Phliantidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Parvorder: | Talitridira |
| Superfamily: | Hyaloidea |
| Family: | Phliantidae Stebbing, 1899 |
| Genera | |
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Phliantidae is a family of isopod-like amphipod crustaceans chiefly from the southern hemisphere.
Members of the family Phliantidae are unusual among the order Amphipoda, because they have dorso-ventrally flattened bodies with a pronounced dorsal keel, rather than being flattened side-to-side. [1] Because of this, and various other factors, including the square-ended form of the rostrum, they resemble isopods. [2]
Most species are found in the Southern Hemisphere, where they live on algae in the intertidal zone. [3]
Phliantidae was originally proposed by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing in 1899 for a group that also contained the genera currently placed in the family Prophliantidae, while Temnophlias has also been moved from Phliantidae to its own monotypic families. [4] It contains the following genera: [5]