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Checklist for Family Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815 (whale lice)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
448
2925
10558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
445
2918
10546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
258
1551
4996
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
127
696
2121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
49
301
1004
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
13
131
469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
45
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Whale lice, Whale louse´
4
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australia
4 Genera with 13 Species
Cyamus Latreille, 18735SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 19925SpeciesTaxom
Platycyamus Lütken, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Syncyamus Bowman, 19552SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
13 Species
Cyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931Umbrella starwort
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus catodontis Margolis, 1954
Cyamus erraticus Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus kessleri A. Brandt, 1873
Isocyamus antarcticensis Vlasova, 1982
Isocyamus delphini Guérin-Ménev..., 1836
Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Isocyamus deltobranchium Sedlak-Weins..., 1992
Isocyamus kogiae Sedlak-Weins..., 1992
Platycyamus thompsoni Gosse, 1855
Syncyamus aequus Lincoln & Hu..., 1981
Syncyamus pseudorcae Bowman, 1955


Links, sources and further information
Cyamidae at artfakta.se
Cyamidae at biodiversity.org.au
Cyamidae at dyntaxa.se
Cyamidae at gbif.org
Cyamidae at irmng.org
Cyamidae at itis.gov
Cyamidae at marinespecies.org