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Checklist for Superorder Peracarida Calman, 1904
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 		Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans		156
354
515		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
155
353
513		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Peracarida
Calman, 1904
92
219
297		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Namibia
92 Families width 297 Species and 1 Subspecies
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Acanthaspidiidae Just, 20012SpeciesTaxom
Aegidae White, 18503SpeciesTaxom
Agathotanaidae Lang, 19714SpeciesTaxom
Amaryllididae Lowry & Stod..., 20022SpeciesTaxom
Ampeliscidae Costa, 18574SpeciesTaxom
Amphilochidae Boeck, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Ampithoidae J. L. Barnard, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Anarthruridae Lang, 19710SpeciesTaxom
Antheluridae Kensley & Sc..., 20001SpeciesTaxom
Anthuridae Wägele, 19824SpeciesTaxom
Aoridae Shoemaker, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Apseudidae Leach, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Arcturidae Dana, 18493SpeciesTaxom
Armadillidae Brandt, 183114SpeciesTaxom
Bodotriidae T. Scott, 190113SpeciesTaxom
Bopyridae Rafinesque, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Calliopiidae G. O. Sars, 18954SpeciesTaxom
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Cirolanidae Dana, 1852Cave Isopods11SpeciesTaxom
Corallanidae Nunomura, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoidae Leach, 1818Fish Doctors4SpeciesTaxom
Cyphocarididae Lowry & Stod..., 19971SpeciesTaxom
Cyproideidae J. L. Barnard, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Desmosomatidae Brix, 20060SpeciesTaxom
Diastylidae Bate, 185610SpeciesTaxom
Eubelidae Taiti, Ferra..., 20002SpeciesTaxom
Eucopiidae Sars, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Eusiridae Stebbing, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Gnathiidae Leach, 18144SpeciesTaxom
Haploniscidae Hansen, 19166SpeciesTaxom
Hyalidae Bulycheva, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Hyperiidae Dana, 1853Hyperiids1SpeciesTaxom
Hyssuridae Wägele, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Idoteidae Samouelle, 18198SpeciesTaxom
Ingolfiellidae Hansen, 19030SpeciesTaxom
Isaeidae Dana, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Ischnomesidae Hansen, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 18993SpeciesTaxom
Janirellidae Menzies, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Janiridae Sars, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Joeropsididae Nordenstam, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Kamakidae Myers & Lowry, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Leptognathiidae Sieg, 19760SpeciesTaxom
Leuconidae Sars, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Ligiidae Leach, 1814Rock lice2SpeciesTaxom
Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Lycaeidae Claus, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassidae Dana, 18498SpeciesTaxom
Macrostylidae Hansen, 19166SpeciesTaxom
Melitidae Bousfield, 19735SpeciesTaxom
Metapseudidae Lang, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Mimonectidae Bovallius, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 18648SpeciesTaxom
Mysidae Haworth, 182527SpeciesTaxom
Nannastacidae Spence Bate, 186621SpeciesTaxom
Nannoniscidae Hansen, 19168SpeciesTaxom
Nototanaidae Sieg, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Ochlesidae Stebbing, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Oedicerotidae Lilljeborg, 18650SpeciesTaxom
Olibrinidae Vandel, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Oxycephalidae Dana, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Paramunnidae Vanhöffen, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Paranthuridae Menzies & Glynn, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Paraphronimidae Bovallius, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Paratanaidae Lang, 19490SpeciesTaxom
Pardaliscidae Boeck, 18710SpeciesTaxom
Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857Woodlice2SpeciesTaxom
Phoxocephalidae Sars, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Phronimidae Rafinesque, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Phrosinidae Dana, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949Woodlice10SpeciesTaxom
Platyscelidae Bate, 18623SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Pontoporeiidae Dana, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831Woodlice2SpeciesTaxom
Pronoidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Protojaniridae Fresi, Idat..., 19804SpeciesTaxom
Rhyscotidae Budde-Lund, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Scinidae Stebbing, 18883SpeciesTaxom
Scyphacidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 182523SpeciesTaxom
Stenetriidae Hansen, 19050SpeciesTaxom
Stenothoidae Boeck, 18710SpeciesTaxom
Synopiidae Dana, 18520SpeciesTaxom
Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815Beach Hoppers2SpeciesTaxom
Tanaellidae Larsen & Wilson, 20020SpeciesTaxom
Titaniidae Verhoeff, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Tridentellidae Bruce, 19842SpeciesTaxom
Tylidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Typhlotanaidae (Sieg, 1986)2SpeciesTaxom
Uristidae Hurley, 19630SpeciesTaxom
Vibiliidae Dana, 18523SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Peracarida with occurrences in Namibia
OrderAmphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Beach Hoppers, Freshwater Amphipods, Sand Hoppers, Scuds, Scuds And Relatives, Terrestrial Amphipods, Woodhoppers		39
72
70		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

OrderCumacea ♰
Krøyer, 1846
Comma shrimp, Comma shrimps, Cumaceans, Hooded shrimp, Hooded shrimps		4
21
46		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		39
114
170		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

OrderLophogastrida
G.O. Sars, 1870
lophogastridans, lophogastrids, opossum shrimps		1
1
1		Family
Genus
Species
Taxom

OrderTanaidacea ♰
Dana, 1849
Tanaidaceans, Tanaids		9
11
10		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