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Oxycephalidae

Oxycephalidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda.

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Oxycephalidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Superfamily: Platysceloidea
Family: Oxycephalidae

Oxycephalidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda.1

Genera

According to WoRMS:2

  • Calamorhynchus Streets, 1878
  • Cranocephalus Bovallius, 1890
  • Glossocephalus Bovallius, 1887
  • Leptocotis Streets, 1877
  • Oxycephalus H. Milne Edwards, 1830 [=Orio Cocco, 1832]
  • Rhabdosoma White, 1847 [=Macrocephalus Spence Bate, 1858; Rhabdonectes Bovalius, 1887; Xiphocephalus Bovallius, 1890]
  • Streetsia Stebbing, 1888
  • Tullbergella Bovallius, 1887
References

References

  1. "Oxycephalidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. Tammy Horton. Lowry J (ed.). "Oxycephalidae Spence Bate, 1863". World Amphipoda Database. World Register of Marine Species.