Melphidippidae

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

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

References
  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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