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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
253
830
1509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
251
825
1501
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
151
515
961
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
72
247
442
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
37
122
208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
12
60
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
19
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Whale lice, Whale louse´
2
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Victoria
2 Genera with 4 Species
Cyamus Latreille, 18733SpeciesTaxom
Platycyamus Lütken, 18551SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Victoria
4 Species
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus ceti (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870
Cyamus kessleri A. Brandt, 1873
Platycyamus thompsoni Gosse, 1855


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