Senticaudata

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Senticaudata
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Gammarus roeselii
(Gammaroidea: Gammaridae)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013 [1]
Infraorders

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Senticaudata is one of the six suborders of the crustacean order Amphipoda (the group of scuds or sideswimmers). It includes some 6000 species, which is more than 50% of the currently recognized amphipod diversity. [2]

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Senticaudata was split off from the traditional suborder Gammaridea by James K. Lowry and Alan A. Myers in 2013, as a part of a process of reorganising the higher taxonomy of amphipods. It now also encompasses the previously recognized Caprellidea and Corophiidea. [1] The suborder is defined by the presence of strong apical setae on the 1st and 2nd uropods. [1]

Senticaudata contains much of the world's freshwater amphipod diversity, though the majority of its species are marine. It is currently subdivided into the six infraorders Bogidiellida, Carangoliopsida, Corophiida, Gammarida, Hadziida, and Talitrida. [3]

Infraorders

Classification based on WoRMS. [3] Families marked with "M" are monotypic (containing only one genus).

Bogidiellida Hertzog, 1936

Superfamilies:

Carangoliopsida Bousfield, 1977

Superfamilies:

Corophiida Leach, 1814 (sensu Lowry & Myers, 2013)

This infraorder contains the families of skeleton shrimp and whale lice. [4] The whole group was previously treated as its own suborder, Corophiidea, before being subsumed into Senticaudata. [5] [6]

Superfamilies:

Gammarida Latreille, 1802

This infraorder contains the family of scuds, along with the families endemic to Lake Baikal.

Superfamilies:

Hadziida S. Karaman, 1943

Superfamilies:

Talitrida Rafinesque, 1815

This infraorder contains the family of terrestrial land- or sandhoppers.

Superfamilies:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. (2013) A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Zootaxa 3610 (1): 1-80.
  2. ↑ Horton, T. et al. World Amphipoda Database Introduction (read 23 April 2025)
  3. 1 2 Lowry J (ed.). "Senticaudata". World Amphipoda Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Tammy Horton (2013). J. Lowry (ed.). "Corophiida". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved Feb 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ Sara E. LeCroy; Rebeca Gasca; Ignacio Winfield; Manuel Ortiz; Elva Escobar-Briones (2009). "Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico". In Darryl L. Felder; Sylvia A. Earle (eds.). Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 942–972. ISBN   978-1-60344-094-3.
  6. ↑ A. A. Myers; J. K. Lowry (2003). "A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda)". Journal of Crustacean Biology . 23 (2): 443–485. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2003)023[0443:APAANC]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR   1549648.
  7. ↑ Barnard J.L. (1972a). Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, Part 1. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 103, 1-333 ; 194 figs.
  8. ↑ Barnard J.L. (1978a). Redescription of Plioplateia K.H.Barnard, a genus of amphipod (Crustacea) from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 77, 3, 47-55; 4 figs.
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