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Checklist for Superorder Peracarida Calman, 1904
and region Canada (North America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
266
930
2257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
260
922
2236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
152
595
1485
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Canada
152 Families width 1485 Species and 17 Subspecies
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Aegidae White, 185015SpeciesTaxom
Agathotanaidae Lang, 19710SpeciesTaxom
Akanthophoreidae Sieg, 19864SpeciesTaxom
Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Alloniscidae Schmidt, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Amaryllididae Lowry & Stod..., 20021SpeciesTaxom
Ampeliscidae Costa, 185736SpeciesTaxom
Amphilochidae Boeck, 187110SpeciesTaxom
Ampithoidae J. L. Barnard, 196527SpeciesTaxom
Anarthruridae Lang, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Ancinidae Tattersall, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Anisogammaridae Bousfield, 197713SpeciesTaxom
Antheluridae Kensley & Sc..., 20001SpeciesTaxom
Anthracocarididae Schram, 19790SpeciesTaxom
Anthuridae Wägele, 19827SpeciesTaxom
Aoridae Shoemaker, 194525SpeciesTaxom
Apseudidae Leach, 18144SpeciesTaxom
Arcturidae Dana, 18493SpeciesTaxom
Argissidae Walker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Aristiidae Lowry & Stod..., 19975SpeciesTaxom
Armadillidae Brandt, 18313SpeciesTaxom
Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833Doodle bugs3SpeciesTaxom
Asellidae Latreille, 1802Freshwater Isopods17SpeciesTaxom
Atylidae Lilljeborg, 18659SpeciesTaxom
Bodotriidae T. Scott, 190110SpeciesTaxom
Bopyridae Rafinesque, 181512SpeciesTaxom
Calliopiidae G. O. Sars, 189522SpeciesTaxom
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps55SpeciesTaxom
Chaetiliidae Dana, 18498SpeciesTaxom
Cirolanidae Dana, 1852Cave Isopods13SpeciesTaxom
Colletteidae Larsen & Wilson, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Corallanidae Nunomura, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Corophiidae Leach, 181423SpeciesTaxom
Crangonyctidae Bousfield, 1973Gammarid amphipods13SpeciesTaxom
Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice13SpeciesTaxom
Cylisticidae Verhoeff, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Cyllopodidae Bovallius, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoidae Leach, 1818Fish Doctors3SpeciesTaxom
Cyphocarididae Lowry & Stod..., 19972SpeciesTaxom
Cystisomatidae Willemöes-Suhm, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Dajidae Giard & Bonnier, 18873SpeciesTaxom
Desmosomatidae Brix, 20065SpeciesTaxom
Dexaminidae Leach, 18146SpeciesTaxom
Diastylidae Bate, 185643SpeciesTaxom
Dogielinotidae Gurjanova, 19535SpeciesTaxom
Entoniscidae Kossmann, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Epimeriidae Boeck, 18715SpeciesTaxom
Eucopiidae Sars, 18854SpeciesTaxom
Eulimnogammaridae Kamaltynov, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Eusiridae Stebbing, 188835SpeciesTaxom
Expanathuridae Nunomura, 19840SpeciesTaxom
Gammaracanthidae Bousfield, 19893SpeciesTaxom
Gammarellidae Bousfield, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Gammaridae Leach, 1813Gammarids37SpeciesTaxom
Gnathiidae Leach, 181413SpeciesTaxom
Gnathophausiidae Udrescu, 19843SpeciesTaxom
Halophilosciidae Verhoeff, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Haplomunnidae Wilson, 19760SpeciesTaxom
Haploniscidae Hansen, 19160SpeciesTaxom
Haustoriidae Stebbing, 19067SpeciesTaxom
Holognathidae G. Thomson, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Hyalellidae Gurjanova, 19532SpeciesTaxom
Hyalidae Bulycheva, 195724SpeciesTaxom
Hyperiidae Dana, 1853Hyperiids16SpeciesTaxom
Idoteidae Samouelle, 181949SpeciesTaxom
Ingolfiellidae Hansen, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Iphimediidae Boeck, 18716SpeciesTaxom
Isaeidae Dana, 185332SpeciesTaxom
Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 189928SpeciesTaxom
Janiridae Sars, 189718SpeciesTaxom
Joeropsididae Nordenstam, 19334SpeciesTaxom
Katianiridae Svavarsson, 19870SpeciesTaxom
Lafystiidae Krøyer, 18423SpeciesTaxom
Lampropidae Sars, 187817SpeciesTaxom
Lanceolidae Bovallius, 18873SpeciesTaxom
Laphystiopsidae Stebbing, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Leptanthuridae Poore, 20012SpeciesTaxom
Leptocheliidae Lang, 197311SpeciesTaxom
Leptognathiidae Sieg, 19763SpeciesTaxom
Leuconidae Sars, 187825SpeciesTaxom
Leucothoidae Dana, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Ligiidae Leach, 1814Rock lice7SpeciesTaxom
Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Limnoriidae White, 1850Gribble1SpeciesTaxom
Lophogastridae Sars, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Lycaeidae Claus, 18795SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassidae Dana, 184962SpeciesTaxom
Macrostylidae Hansen, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Maeridae Krapp-Schickel, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Melitidae Bousfield, 197339SpeciesTaxom
Melphidippidae Stebbing, 18995SpeciesTaxom
Metapseudidae Lang, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Microphasmatidae (Stephensen &..., 1931)0SpeciesTaxom
Munnidae Sars, 18979SpeciesTaxom
Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 186416SpeciesTaxom
Mysidae Haworth, 182581SpeciesTaxom
Najnidae Barnard, 19727SpeciesTaxom
Nannastacidae Spence Bate, 186612SpeciesTaxom
Nannoniscidae Hansen, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Neotanaidae Lang, 19565SpeciesTaxom
Niphargidae Bousfield, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Nototanaidae Sieg, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Odiidae Coleman & Ba..., 19913SpeciesTaxom
Oedicerotidae Lilljeborg, 186553SpeciesTaxom
Oniscidae Latreille, 1802Sow Bugs1SpeciesTaxom
Opisidae Lowry & Stod..., 19953SpeciesTaxom
Oxycephalidae Dana, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Pakynidae Lowry & Myers, 20172SpeciesTaxom
Paramunnidae Vanhöffen, 19146SpeciesTaxom
Paranthuridae Menzies & Glynn, 19680SpeciesTaxom
Paraphronimidae Bovallius, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Parascelidae Bovallius, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Pardaliscidae Boeck, 18719SpeciesTaxom
Petalophthalmidae Czerniavsky, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857Woodlice1SpeciesTaxom
Phoxocephalidae Sars, 189150SpeciesTaxom
Phronimidae Rafinesque, 18154SpeciesTaxom
Phrosinidae Dana, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949Woodlice1SpeciesTaxom
Platyischnopidae Barnard & Dr..., 19791SpeciesTaxom
Pleustidae Bucholz, 187453SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 181415SpeciesTaxom
Pontogeneiidae Stebbing, 19060SpeciesTaxom
Pontoporeiidae Dana, 185310SpeciesTaxom
Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831Woodlice7SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocumatidae G. O. Sars, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotanaidae Sieg, 19764SpeciesTaxom
Rhinocarididae Hall & Clarke, 18880SpeciesTaxom
Salentinellidae Bousfield, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Santiidae Wilson, 19870SpeciesTaxom
Scinidae Stebbing, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Scopelocheiridae Lowry & Stod..., 19974SpeciesTaxom
Scyphacidae Dana, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Sebidae Walker, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Serolidae Dana, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 182521SpeciesTaxom
Sphyrapidae Gutu, 19803SpeciesTaxom
Stegocephalidae Dana, 185212SpeciesTaxom
Stenothoidae Boeck, 187141SpeciesTaxom
Stilipididae Holmes, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Synopiidae Dana, 18526SpeciesTaxom
Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815Beach Hoppers27SpeciesTaxom
Tanaellidae Larsen & Wilson, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Tanaidae Dana, 18495SpeciesTaxom
Tecticipitidae Bruce, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Trachelipodidae Strouhal, 19532SpeciesTaxom
Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899Woodlice7SpeciesTaxom
Typhlotanaidae (Sieg, 1986)0SpeciesTaxom
Uristidae Hurley, 196338SpeciesTaxom
Vibiliidae Dana, 18525SpeciesTaxom
Xandarocarcinidae1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Peracarida with occurrences in Canada
OrderAmphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Beach Hoppers, Freshwater Amphipods, Sand Hoppers, Scuds, Scuds And Relatives, Terrestrial Amphipods, Woodhoppers
74
335
957
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

OrderCumacea
Krøyer, 1846
Comma shrimp, Comma shrimps, Cumaceans, Hooded shrimp, Hooded shrimps
6
31
108
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

OrderIsopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod, Isopods, Isopods and sowbugs, Pillbugs, Slaters, Sowbugs, Water Slaters, Woodlice, Woodlouse
51
183
363
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

OrderLophogastrida
G.O. Sars, 1870
lophogastridans, lophogastrids, opossum shrimps
3
5
9
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

OrderMysida
Haworth, 1825
Mysid Shrimp, mysid shrimps, mysidans, mysids, Opossum Shrimp, Opossum shrimps
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

OrderTanaidacea
Dana, 1849
Tanaidaceans, Tanaids
17
39
46
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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