Platyischnopidae

Platyischnopidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Parvorder:	Haustoriidira
Superfamily:	Haustorioidea
Family:	Platyischnopidae ; Barnard & Drummond, 1979

Last updated May 26, 2025

Platyischnopidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. Its members are characterised by the conical rostrum, which is covered with sensory pits at the end.^[1] Although digging behaviour has only been directly observed in a few taxa, it is assumed that all the animals in the family Platyischnopidae are fossorial.^[2] The genera included in Platyischnopidae are Skaptopus , Platyischnopus , Indischnopus , Tiburonella , Eudevenopus , Tittakunara , Tomituka and Yurrokus .^[2]

References

↑ L. E. Hughes (2009). J. K. Lowry & A. A. Myers (ed.). "Platyischnopidae" (PDF). Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
1 2 James Darwin Thomas & J. Laurens Barnard (1983). "The Platyischnopidae of America (Crustacea: Amphipoda)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . 375: 1–33.

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[1] L. E. Hughes (2009). J. K. Lowry & A. A. Myers (ed.). "Platyischnopidae" (PDF). Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

[SCZ-2] 1 2 James Darwin Thomas & J. Laurens Barnard (1983). "The Platyischnopidae of America (Crustacea: Amphipoda)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . 375: 1–33.

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