Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Amphilochidea > Infraorder Lysianassida > Parvorder Lysianassidira > Superfamily Lysianassoidea > Family Cyphocarididae

Cyphocaris Boeck, 1871

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cyphocaris anonyx Boeck, 1871
Cyphocaris bouvieri Chevreux, 1916
Cyphocaris polaris Gurjanova, 1951
Cyphocaris richardi Chevreux, 1905

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Japanese: ネコゼヨコエビ属

Literature

original description	Boeck, A. (1871). Crustacea amphipoda borealia et arctica. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1870: 83-280.
basis of record	Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308.
additional source	Hughes, L. E.; Lowry, J. K. (2015). A review of the world Cyphocarididae with description of three new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea). Zootaxa. 4058(1): 1.
identification resource	Lowry, J. K.; Stoddart, H. E. (1997). Amphipoda Crustacea IV. Families Aristiidae, Cyphocarididae, Endevouridae, Lysianassidae, Scopelocheiridae, Uristidae. Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises. 10, 1, 148 pp.

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Citation

Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Cyphocaris Boeck, 1871. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101603