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Checklist for Order Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 (Amphipod)
and region Cape of Good Hope (Cape Peninsula)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
37
56
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
37
56
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
13
19
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
6
9
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape of Good Hope
6 Families width 8 Species
Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815Beach Hoppers2SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassidae Dana, 18493SpeciesTaxom
Aoridae Shoemaker, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Eusiridae Stebbing, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Epimeriidae Boeck, 18710SpeciesTaxom
Platyscelidae Bate, 18621SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape of Good Hope
9 Genera with 8 Species
Capeorchestia Lowry & Bald..., 18531SpeciesTaxom
Eurythenes S. I. Smith, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Lemboides Stebbing, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassa Milne-Edwards, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Paramoera Miers, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Paramphithoe Bruzelius, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Phoxostoma Barnard, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Talorchestia Dana, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Tetrathyrus Claus, 18791SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape of Good Hope
8 Species
Capeorchestia capensis Dana, 1853
Eurythenes gryllus Lichtenstein, 1822Amphipod
Lemboides afer Stebbing, 1895
Lysianassa ceratina (Walker, 1889)⇒ Lysianassa caesarea Ruffo, 1987
Paramoera capensis Dana, 1853
Phoxostoma variegatus Stimpson, 1856
Talorchestia australis K.H. Barnard, 1916
Tetrathyrus forcipatus Claus, 1879

Subnodes of Amphipoda with occurrences in Cape of Good Hope
SuborderAmphilochidea
Boeck, 1871
3
5
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderHyperiidea
Milne-Edwards, 1830
Hyperiideans
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderSenticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
2
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Amphipoda at artfakta.se
Amphipoda at biodiversity.org.au
Amphipoda at dyntaxa.se
Amphipoda at gbif.org
Amphipoda at irmng.org
Amphipoda at itis.gov
Amphipoda at marinespecies.org