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Checklist for Infraorder Physocephalata Bowman & Gruner, 1973
and region Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
117
230
338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
117
230
338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
61
127
174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
25
58
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Hyperiidea
Milne-Edwards, 1830
Hyperiideans
6
6
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Physocephalata
Bowman & Gruner, 1973
5
5
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ascension
5 Families width 8 Species
Cyllopodidae Bovallius, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Cystisomatidae Willemöes-Suhm, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Phronimidae Rafinesque, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Hyperiidae Dana, 1853Hyperiids2SpeciesTaxom
Vibiliidae Dana, 18523SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ascension
5 Genera with 8 Species
Cyllopus Dana, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Cystisoma Guérin-Ménev..., 19031SpeciesTaxom
Phronima Latreille, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Themisto Guérin-Ménev..., 18252SpeciesTaxom
Vibilia Milne-Edwards, 18873SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ascension
8 Species
Cyllopus magellanicus Dana, 1853
Cystisoma magna Woltereck, 1903
Phronima sedentaria Forskal, 1775Parasitic Hyperiid Amphipod
Themisto compressa (Goës, 1866)⇒ Themisto gaudichaudii Guérin, 1825
Themisto gaudichaudii Guérin, 1825
Vibilia armata Bovallius, 1887
Vibilia macropis (Bovallius, 1887)⇒ Cyllopus magellanicus Dana, 1853
Vibilia robusta Bovallius, 1887

Subnodes of Physocephalata with occurrences in Ascension
SuperfamilyPhronimoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
3
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyVibilioidea
Dana, 1853
2
2
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Physocephalata at artfakta.se
Physocephalata at biodiversity.org.au
Physocephalata at itis.gov
Physocephalata at marinespecies.org