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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
375
1949
5357
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
372
1943
5351
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
205
942
2057
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
95
442
958
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
35
191
486
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
14
89
221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
28
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Whale lice, Whale louse´
3
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Polynesia
3 Genera with 3 Species
Balaenocyamus1SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Scutocyamus Lincoln & Hu..., 19801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Polynesia
3 Species
Balaenocyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Scutocyamus antipodensis Lincoln & Hu..., 1980


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