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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
734
7366
51296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
716
7312
51144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
404
3917
25834
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
202
1613
9410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
94
804
4908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
21
278
1697
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
6
96
465
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Whale lice, Whale louse´
8
33
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Continents
8 Genera with 33 Species
Balaenocyamus1SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 187217SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 19926SpeciesTaxom
Neocyamus Margolis, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Platycyamus Lütken, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Scutocyamus Lincoln & Hu..., 19742SpeciesTaxom
Syamus1SpeciesTaxom
Syncyamus Bowman, 19553SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Continents
33 Species
Balaenocyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931
Cyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931Umbrella starwort
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus catodontis Margolis, 1954
Cyamus ceti (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870
Cyamus erraticus Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus eschrichtii Margolis, Mc..., 2000
Cyamus fascicularis Verrill, 1901
Cyamus globicipitis (Lütken, 1870)⇒ Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Cyamus gracilis Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus kessleri A. Brandt, 1873
Cyamus mesorubraedon Margolis, Mc..., 2000
Cyamus monodontis Lutken, 1870
Cyamus nodosus Lutken, 1861
Cyamus orcini Leung, 1970
Cyamus orubraedon Waller, 1989
Cyamus ovalis Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus scammoni (Dall, 1872)⇒ Syamus scammoni Dall, 1834
Isocyamus antarcticensis Vlasova, 1982
Isocyamus delphini Guérin-Ménev..., 1836
Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Isocyamus deltabrachium Sedlak-Weins..., 1992
Isocyamus deltobranchium Sedlak-Weins..., 1992
Isocyamus kogiae Sedlak-Weins..., 1992
Neocyamus physeteris Pouchet, 1888
Platycyamus flaviscutatus Waller, 1989
Platycyamus thompsoni Gosse, 1855
Scutocyamus antipodensis Lincoln & Hu..., 1980
Scutocyamus parvus Lincoln & Hu..., 1974
Syamus scammoni Dall, 1834
Syncyamus aequus Lincoln & Hu..., 1981
Syncyamus chelipes Costa, 1866
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