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Hyalidae

Hyalidae is a family of amphipods, containing 12 genera in two unequal subfamilies:HyalinaeApohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002 Hyale Rathke, 1837 Insula Kunkel, 1910 Lelehua J. L. Barnard, 1970 Neobule Haswell, 1879 Parallorchestes Shoemaker, 1941 Parhyale Stebbing, 1897 Protohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002 Ptilohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002 Ruffohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002 Serejohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002HyachelinaeHyachelia J. L. Barnard, 1967

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Hyalidae
Apohyale prevostii male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Senticaudata
Infraorder: Talitrida
Parvorder: Talitridira
Superfamily: Hyaloidea
Family: Hyalidae
Bulycheva, 1957

Hyalidae is a family of amphipods, containing 12 genera in two unequal subfamilies:1

Hyalinae
  • Apohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002
  • Hyale Rathke, 1837
  • Insula Kunkel, 1910
  • Lelehua J. L. Barnard, 1970
  • Neobule Haswell, 1879
  • Parallorchestes Shoemaker, 1941
  • Parhyale Stebbing, 1897
  • Protohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002
  • Ptilohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002
  • Ruffohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002
  • Serejohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002
Hyachelinae
  • Hyachelia J. L. Barnard, 1967
References

References

  1. Claude De Broyer, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2010). J. Lowry (ed.). "Hyalidae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 13, 2010.