Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Hyperiidea > Infraorder Physocephalata > Superfamily Platysceloidea

Oxycephalidae Bate, 1861

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Calamorhynchus Streets, 1878
Glossocephalus Bovallius, 1887
Metalycaea
Oxycephalus Milne Edwards, 1830
Streetsia Stebbing, 1888

Literature

basis of record

Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp.

identification resource

Vinogradov M.E., Volkov A.F. & Semenova T.N. (1996). Hyperiid amphipods (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea) of the world oceans. Science Publishers, Inc., Lebanon, NH, 632 pp.

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Citation

Lowry, J. (2014). Oxycephalidae Bate, 1861. In: Horton, T.; Lowry, J. & De Broyer, C. (2013 onwards) World Amphipoda Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196118

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


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Importance

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Last modified

2010-11-22 by Jim Lowry

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