Eophliantidae

Eophliantidae is a family of amphipods, containing the following genera:[1]

  • Bircenna Chilton, 1884
  • Ceinina Stephensen, 1933
  • Cylindryllioides Nichols, 1938
  • Eophliantis Sheard, 1936
  • Lignophliantis J. L. Barnard, 1969
  • Wandelia Chevreux, 1906

Eophliantidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Amphipoda
Suborder:
Gammaridea
Family:
Eophliantidae

Sheard, 1936

They have a wide distribution in the world's oceans, and live among algae.[2]

References
  1. Claude De Broyer (2010). J. Lowry (ed.). "Eophliantidae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
  2. A. N. Lörz, N. M. Kilgallen & M. Thiel (2010). "Algal-dwelling Eophliantidae (Amphipoda): description of a new species and key to the world species, with notes on their biogeography". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 90 (5): 1055–1063. doi:10.1017/S0025315409991317.


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