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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
107
254
441
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
107
254
441
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
36
56
57
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
20
35
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
10
22
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
4
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Whale lice, Whale louse´
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tonga
2 Genera with 2 Species
Balaenocyamus1SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 18701SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tonga
2 Species
Balaenocyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse


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