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Checklist for Order Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 (Amphipod)
and region Malawi (East Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
30
49
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
30
49
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
25
44
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
8
12
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Malawi
8 Families width 8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ampithoidae J. L. Barnard, 19650SpeciesTaxom
Isaeidae Dana, 18530SpeciesTaxom
Melitidae Bousfield, 19736SpeciesTaxom
Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 18990SpeciesTaxom
Eusiridae Stebbing, 18880SpeciesTaxom
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps0SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassidae (Dana, 1849)1SpeciesTaxom
Amaryllididae Lowry & Stod..., 20021SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Malawi
12 Genera with 8 Species
Ampithoe Leach, 1814
0SpeciesTaxom
Audulla Chevreux, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Elasmopus Costa, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Ericthonius Milne-Edwards, 1830
0SpeciesTaxom
Eusiroides Stebbing, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassa Milne-Edwards, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Melita Leach, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Microjassa Stebbing, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Neritina1SpeciesTaxom
Podoceropsis Boeck, 1861
0SpeciesTaxom
Quadrimaera Krapp-Schick..., 18525SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malawi
8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Lysianassa ceratina (Walker, 1889)⇒ Lysianassa caesarea Ruffo, 1987
Melita planaterga Kunkel, 1910
Neritina crepidularia melanostoma von Martens, 1908
Quadrimaera ariel Ruffo, Krapp..., 2000
Quadrimaera caliban Ruffo, Krapp..., 2000
Quadrimaera ceres Ruffo, Krapp..., 2000
Quadrimaera miranda Ruffo, Krapp..., 2000
Quadrimaera quadrimana Dana, 1852

Subnodes of Amphipoda with occurrences in Malawi
SuborderAmphilochidea
Boeck, 1871
3
3
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSenticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
5
9
6
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