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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
367
1854
5169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
365
1849
5159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
209
944
2446
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
106
440
1055
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
45
209
545
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
13
103
285
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
33
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Whale lice, Whale louse´
4
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Australia
4 Genera with 7 Species
Cyamus Latreille, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 19922SpeciesTaxom
Platycyamus Lütken, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Syncyamus Bowman, 19552SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Australia
7 Species
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus kessleri A. Brandt, 1873
Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
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