Ampithoidae
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| Sunamphitoe pelagica (Milne-Edwards, 1830) - A benthic amphipod from the Belgian part of the North Sea. Length : 8 mm | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Superfamily: | Corophioidea |
| Family: | Ampithoidae Boeck, 1871[1] |
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Ampithoidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. The family has a worldwide distribution as algal dwellers. They commonly create tube-shaped nests on their host plants or algae which serve as both shelter and food. Young ampithoids develop from eggs to a larval stage within their mother's brood-pouch, formed by the appendages of her abdomen.
Genera
[edit | edit source]The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in this family:-
- Amphithoides Kossmann, 1880
- Amphitholina Ruffo, 1953
- Ampithoe Leach, 1814
- Austrothoe Peart, 2014
- Biancolina Della Valle, 1893
- Cymadusa Savigny, 1816
- Exampithoe K.H. Barnard, 1926
- Macropisthopus K.H. Barnard, 1916
- Paradusa Ruffo, 1969
- Paragrubia Chevreux, 1901
- Paranexes Peart, 2014
- Pleonexes Spence Bate, 1857
- Plumithoe Barnard & Karaman, 1991
- Pseudamphithoides Ortiz, 1976 (e.g. Pseudamphithoides incurvaria)
- Pseudopleonexes Conlan, 1982
- Sunamphitoe Spence Bate, 1857 (e.g. Sunamphitoe femorata)
References
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