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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
613
5026
27212
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
598
4987
27139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
314
2384
12170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
154
971
4402
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
69
508
2517
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
14
175
713
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
4
66
234
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Whale lice, Whale louse´
6
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eurasia
6 Genera with 21 Species
Cyamus Latreille, 187212SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 19924SpeciesTaxom
Neocyamus Margolis, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Platycyamus Lütken, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Scutocyamus Lincoln & Hu..., 19741SpeciesTaxom
Syncyamus Bowman, 18662SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eurasia
21 Species
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus catodontis Margolis, 1954
Cyamus ceti (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870
Cyamus erraticus Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus globicipitis (Lütken, 1870)⇒ Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Cyamus gracilis Roussel de V..., 1834
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 delphini Guérin-Ménev..., 1836
Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Isocyamus deltabrachium Sedlak-Weins..., 1992
Isocyamus deltobranchium Sedlak-Weins..., 1992
Neocyamus physeteris Pouchet, 1888
Platycyamus thompsoni Gosse, 1855
Scutocyamus parvus Lincoln & Hu..., 1974
Syncyamus aequus Lincoln & Hu..., 1981
Syncyamus chelipes Costa, 1866


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