Scopelocheiridae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Amphipoda.[1] The family was first described in 1997 by Helen E. Stoddart and James K. Lowry.[2][3] The type genus is Scopelocheirus Bate, 1857.[2]
| Scopelocheiridae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Superfamily: | Lysianassoidea |
| Family: | Scopelocheiridae Stoddart & Lowry, 1997 |
| Type genus | |
| Scopelocheirus Bate, 1857
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Genera:[1]
- Anisocallisoma Hendrycks & Conlan, 2003
- Aroui Chevreux, 1911
- Austrocallisoma Kilgallen & Lowry, 2015
- Bathycallisoma Dahl, 1959
- Eucallisoma J.L.Barnard, 1961
- Haptocallisoma Horton & Thurston, 2015
- Paracallisoma Chevreux, 1903
- Paracallisomopsis Gurjanova, 1962
- Pseudocallisoma Horton & Thurston, 2015
- Scopelocheiropsis Schellenberg, 1926
- Scopelocheirus Spence Bate, 1857
- Tayabasa Kilgallen & Lowry, 2015
References edit
- ^ a b "Scopelocheiridae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Scopelocheiridae". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ James K. Lowry; Helen E. Stoddart (October 1997). "Amphipoda Crustacea IV. Families Aristiidae, Cyphocarididae, Endevouridae, Lysianassidae, Scopelocheiridae, Uristidae" (PDF). Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises. 10 (1): 1–148. Wikidata Q96196969.