Checklist for Superorder Peracarida Calman, 1904
and region Africa (Continents)
List of families for Africa
242 Families width 4284 Species and 77 Subspecies #ABCDEGHIJKLMNOPRSTUV
| Acanthaspidiidae Just, 2001 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Aegidae White, 1850 | | 31 | Species | Taxom | | Agathotanaidae Lang, 1971 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Akanthophoreidae Sieg, 1986 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 1989 | | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Alloniscidae Schmidt, 2003 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Amaryllididae Lowry & Stod..., 2002 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Amathillopsidae Pirlot, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ampeliscidae Costa, 1857 | | 36 | Species | Taxom | | Amphilochidae Boeck, 1871 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Amphisopodidae Nicholls, 1943 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Ampithoidae J. L. Barnard, 1965 | | 34 | Species | Taxom | | Anapronoidae Bowman & Gruner, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anarthruridae Lang, 1971 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ancinidae Tattersall, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antarcturidae Kussakin & V..., 1998 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Antheluridae Kensley & Sc..., 2000 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Anthuridae Wägele, 1982 | | 72 | Species | Taxom | | Aoridae Shoemaker, 1945 | | 51 | Species | Taxom | | Apseudellidae Gutu, 1972 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Apseudidae Leach, 1814 | | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Archaeoniscidae Haack, 1918 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Archaeoscinidae Stebbing, 1904 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Arcitalitridae Myers & Lowry, 2020 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Arcturidae Dana, 1849 | | 54 | Species | Taxom | | Arcturididae Poore, 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argissidae Walker, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aristiidae Lowry & Stod..., 1997 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Armadillidae Brandt, 1831 | | 301 | Species | Taxom | | Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833 | Doodle bugs | 40 | Species | Taxom | | Asconiscidae Bonnier, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asellidae Latreille, 1802 | Freshwater Isopods | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Atylidae Lilljeborg, 1865 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Austrarcturellidae Poore & Bard..., 1992 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Barybrotidae Hansen, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bateidae Stebbing, 1906 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bathynataliidae Poore, 2005 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bathytropidae Vandel, 1952 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bodotriidae T. Scott, 1901 | | 117 | Species | Taxom | | Bogidiellidae Hertzog, 1936 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Bolttsiidae Barnard & Ka..., 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bopyridae Rafinesque, 1815 | | 79 | Species | Taxom | | Bougisidae Zeidler, 2004 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachyscelidae Stephensen, 1923 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Buddelundiellidae (G. O. Sars, 1899) | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cabiropidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calliopiidae G. O. Sars, 1895 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Capitoniscidae Boyko & Will..., 2023 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caprellidae Leach, 1814 | Ghost shrimps | 47 | Species | Taxom | | Cardenioidae Barnard & Ka..., 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ceinidae J. L. Barnard, 1972 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ceratocumatidae Calman, 1905 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Chaetiliidae Dana, 1849 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cheirocratidae Ren, 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cheluridae Allman, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cirolanidae Dana, 1852 | Cave Isopods | 127 | Species | Taxom | | Colletteidae Larsen & Wilson, 2002 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Colomastigidae Stebbing, 1899 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Corallanidae Nunomura, 2006 | | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Corophiidae Leach, 1814 | | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Crangonyctidae Bousfield, 1973 | Gammarid amphipods | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Whale lice | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Cyllopodidae Bovallius, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 | Fish Doctors | 81 | Species | Taxom | | Cyphocarididae Lowry & Stod..., 1997 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cyproideidae J. L. Barnard, 1974 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cystisomatidae Willemöes-Suhm, 1875 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Dairellidae Bovallius, 1887 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dajidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Dendrotiidae (Vanhöffen, 1914) | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Desmosomatidae Brix, 2006 | | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Dexaminidae Leach, 1814 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Diastylidae Bate, 1856 | | 65 | Species | Taxom | | Didymocheliidae Bellan-Santi..., 1986 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dogielinotidae Gurjanova, 1953 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Dubioniscidae Vandel, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Echinothambematidae Menzies, 1962 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eophliantidae Sheard, 1936 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epimeriidae Boeck, 1871 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Eriopisidae Lowry & Myers, 2013 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Eubelidae Taiti, Ferra..., 2000 | | 224 | Species | Taxom | | Eucopiidae Sars, 1885 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Eulimnogammaridae Kamaltynov, 1999 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eusiridae Stebbing, 1888 | | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Exoedicerotidae Barnard & Dr..., 1982 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Expanathuridae Nunomura, 1984 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Gammarellidae Bousfield, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gammaridae Leach, 1813 | Gammarids | 59 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathiidae Leach, 1814 | | 45 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathophausiidae Udrescu, 1984 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathostenetroididae Kussakin, 1967 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Gynodiastylidae Stebbing, 1912 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Hadromastacidae Bruce & Müller, 1991 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hadziidae Karaman, 1943 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Halophilosciidae Verhoeff, 1908 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Haplomunnidae Wilson, 1976 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Haploniscidae Hansen, 1916 | | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Haustoriidae Stebbing, 1906 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hekelidae Ferrara, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Holidoteidae Wägele, 1989 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Holognathidae G. Thomson, 1904 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hyalidae Bulycheva, 1957 | | 37 | Species | Taxom | | Hyperiidae Dana, 1853 | Hyperiids | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Hyperiopsidae Bovallius, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyssuridae Wägele, 1981 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Idoteidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Ingolfiellidae Hansen, 1903 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Iphimediidae Boeck, 1871 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Irmaosidae Ferrara & Taiti, 1983 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Isaeidae Dana, 1853 | | 40 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnomesidae Hansen, 1916 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 1899 | | 32 | Species | Taxom | | Iulopididae Zeidler, 2004 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Jaeropsidae (Nordenstam, 1933) | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Janirellidae Menzies, 1956 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Janiridae Sars, 1897 | | 38 | Species | Taxom | | Joeropsididae Nordenstam, 1933 | | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Julmarichardiidae Moralés-Núñe..., 2021 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Kalliapseudidae Lang, 1956 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Kamakidae Myers & Lowry, 2003 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Katianiridae Svavarsson, 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampropidae Sars, 1878 | | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Lanceolidae Bovallius, 1887 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidomysidae Clarke, 1961 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptanthuridae Poore, 2001 | | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Leptocheliidae Lang, 1973 | | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Leptognathiidae Sieg, 1976 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lestrigonidae Zeidler, 2004 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Leuconidae Sars, 1878 | | 35 | Species | Taxom | | Leucothoidae Dana, 1852 | | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Ligiidae Leach, 1814 | Rock lice | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, 1899 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Limnoriidae White, 1850 | Gribble | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Lophogastridae Sars, 1870 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaeidae Claus, 1879 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Lysianassidae Dana, 1849 | | 78 | Species | Taxom | | Macrostylidae Hansen, 1916 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Maeridae Krapp-Schickel, 2008 | | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Maxillipiidae Ledoyer, 1973 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Megaluropidae Thomas & Bar..., 1987 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Melitidae Bousfield, 1973 | | 85 | Species | Taxom | | Metacrangonyctidae Boutin & Mis..., 1988 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Metapseudidae Lang, 1970 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Microcerberidae Karaman, 1933 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Microparasellidae Karaman, 1933 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Microphasmatidae (Stephensen &..., 1931) | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Micruropodidae Kamaltynov, 1999 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mictosomatidae Wolff, 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mimonectidae Bovallius, 1885 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Munnidae Sars, 1897 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864 | | 51 | Species | Taxom | | Mysidae Haworth, 1825 | | 146 | Species | Taxom | | Nannastacidae Spence Bate, 1866 | | 142 | Species | Taxom | | Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Neomegamphopidae Myers, 1981 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Neotanaidae Lang, 1956 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Niphargidae Bousfield, 1977 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nototanaidae Sieg, 1976 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Ochlesidae Stebbing, 1910 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oedicerotidae Lilljeborg, 1865 | | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Olibrinidae Vandel, 1973 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Oniscidae Latreille, 1802 | Sow Bugs | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Oxycephalidae Dana, 1852 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Pagurapseudidae Lang, 1970 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pallaseidae Tachteew, 2000 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Paramelitidae Bousfield, 1977 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Paramunnidae Vanhöffen, 1914 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Paranthuridae Menzies & Glynn, 1968 | | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Paraphronimidae Bovallius, 1887 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parapseudidae Gutu, 1981 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Parascelidae Bovallius, 1887 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Paratanaidae Lang, 1949 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pardaliscidae Boeck, 1871 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Periscyphicidae Ferrara, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Petalophthalmidae Czerniavsky, 1882 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857 | Woodlice | 149 | Species | Taxom | | Phliantidae Stebbing, 1899 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Photidae (Boeck, 1871) | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phoxocephalidae Sars, 1891 | | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Phreatoicidae Chilton, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phronimidae Rafinesque, 1815 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Phrosinidae Dana, 1852 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949 | Woodlice | 56 | Species | Taxom | | Platyischnopidae Barnard & Dr..., 1979 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platyscelidae Bate, 1862 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Pleioplateidae Barnard, 1978 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pleurocopidae Fresi & Schi..., 1972 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pleustidae Bucholz, 1874 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Podoceridae Leach, 1814 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Pontogeneiidae Stebbing, 1906 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pontoporeiidae Dana, 1853 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831 | Woodlice | 212 | Species | Taxom | | Pronoidae Dana, 1852 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Proscinidae Pirlot, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Protojaniridae Fresi, Idat..., 1980 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Protorchestiidae Myers & Lowry, 2020 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudocumatidae G. O. Sars, 1878 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudojaniridae Wilson, 1986 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudotanaidae Sieg, 1976 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pudeoniscidae Lemos de Castro, 1973 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhabdochiridae Richardson, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyscotidae Budde-Lund, 1908 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Salentinellidae Bousfield, 1977 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Santiidae Wilson, 1987 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Schoebliidae Verhoeff, 1938 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scinidae Stebbing, 1888 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Scleropactidae Verhoeff, 1938 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Scopelocheiridae Lowry & Stod..., 1997 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Scyphacidae Dana, 1852 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Sebidae Walker, 1908 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Serolidae Dana, 1852 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Spelaeogriphidae Gordon, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spelaeoniscidae Vandel, 1948 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825 | | 174 | Species | Taxom | | Sphyrapidae Gutu, 1980 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Stegocephalidae Dana, 1852 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Stenasellidae Dudich, 1924 | | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Stenetriidae Hansen, 1905 | | 31 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoniscidae Budde-Lund, 1904 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stenothoidae Boeck, 1871 | | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Sternophysingidae Holsinger, 1992 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Stilipididae Holmes, 1908 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Styloniscidae Vandel, 1952 | | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Synopiidae Dana, 1852 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815 | Beach Hoppers | 55 | Species | Taxom | | Tanaellidae Larsen & Wilson, 2002 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tanaidae Dana, 1849 | | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Tanzanapseudidae Bacescu, 1975 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Temnophliantidae Griffiths, 1975 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thambematidae Stebbing, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Titaniidae Verhoeff, 1938 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Trachelipodidae Strouhal, 1953 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899 | Woodlice | 37 | Species | Taxom | | Tridentellidae Bruce, 1984 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tylidae Dana, 1852 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Typhlotanaidae (Sieg, 1986) | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Unciolidae Myers & Lowry, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Uristidae Hurley, 1963 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Urohaustoriidae Barnard & Dr..., 1982 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Urothoidae Bousfield, 1978 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Vibiliidae Dana, 1852 | | 6 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Peracarida with occurrences in Africa | Order | Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Beach Hoppers, Freshwater Amphipods, Sand Hoppers, Scuds, Scuds And Relatives, Terrestrial Amphipods, Woodhoppers | 110
460
1125 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Cumacea ♰
Krøyer, 1846
Comma shrimp, Comma shrimps, Cumaceans, Hooded shrimp, Hooded shrimps | 8
73
405 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod, Isopods, Isopods and sowbugs, Pillbugs, Slaters, Sowbugs, Water Slaters, Woodlice, Woodlouse | 96
668
2564 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Lophogastrida
G.O. Sars, 1870
lophogastridans, lophogastrids, opossum shrimps | 3
6
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Mysida
Haworth, 1825
Mysid Shrimp, mysid shrimps, mysidans, mysids, Opossum Shrimp, Opossum shrimps | 1
1
2 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Spelaeogriphacea
Gordon, 1957
spelaeogriphaceans | 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Stygiomysida
Tchindonova, 1981
stygiomysidans | 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Order | Tanaidacea ♰
Dana, 1849
Tanaidaceans, Tanaids | 22
86
161 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Peracarida at artfakta.se
Peracarida at biodiversity.org.au
Peracarida at dyntaxa.se
Peracarida at itis.gov
Peracarida at marinespecies.org
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