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Mimonectidae

Mimonectidae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda.

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Mimonectidae
Black and white drawing of a female Mimonecles loveni from the side and below, showing the distended-balloon-like form of the anterior part of the body
Drawing of a female Mimonecles loveni from the side and below
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Superfamily: Scinoidea
Family: Mimonectidae
Synonyms

Proscinidae Pirlot, 1933

Mimonectidae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda.1

Genera:1

  • Cheloscina Shih & Hendrycks, 1996
  • Mimonectes Bovallius, 1885
  • Pseudomimonectes Vinogradov, 1960
References

References

  1. "Mimonectidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 June 2021.