Ochlesidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Parvorder: Amphilochidira
Superfamily: Iphimedioidea
Family: Ochlesidae
Stebbing, 1910
Genera

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Ochlesidae is a family of amphipods. They are very small, often less than 1.5 millimetres (0.06 in) long, and are found mainly in tropical and subtropical areas of the Southern Hemisphere.[1] The family Odiidae has sometimes been subsumed into Ochlesidae.[1]

Four genera are included in the family:[1]

  • Curidia Thomas, 1983
  • Meraldia Barnard & Karaman, 1987
  • Ochlesis Stebbing, 1910
  • Ochlesodius Ledoyer, 1982

References

  1. 1 2 3 C. Oliver Coleman & James K. Lowry (2006). "Revision of the Ochlesidae sensu stricto, including five new Australian species (Crustacea: Amphipoda)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 6 (Electr. Suppl. 4): 1–57. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2005.06.001.


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