Pardaliscidae

Pardaliscidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Parvorder: Synopiidira
Superfamily: Dexaminoidea
Family: Pardaliscidae
Boeck, 1871 [1]
Genera

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Pardaliscidae is a family of oceanic amphipods whose members typically inhabit the deepest parts of the abyssal plains.[2] It contains the following genera:[3]

  • Pardisynopia Barnard, 1961 is a synonym of Halicoides Walker, 1896.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Pardaliscidae Boeck, 1871". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  2. ^ J. A. Birstein & M. E. Vinogradov (1962). "Notes on the family Pardaliscidae (Amphipoda) with the description of a new genus". Crustaceana. 3 (4): 249–258. doi:10.1163/156854062X00490. JSTOR 20140994.
  3. ^ a b Claude De Broyer, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2011). J. Lowry (ed.). "Pardaliscidae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 20, 2015.