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Amphipoda (amphipod)
Taxonomy
Amphipoda was named by Latreille (1816). It is extant.
It was assigned to Percarida by Martin and Davis (2001); to Malacostraca by Sepkoski (2002); and to Peracarida by Schwentner et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Percarida by Martin and Davis (2001); to Malacostraca by Sepkoski (2002); and to Peracarida by Schwentner et al. (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1816 | Amphipoda Latreille |
| 2001 | Amphipoda Martin and Davis p. 66 |
| 2002 | Amphipoda Sepkoski |
| 2018 | Amphipoda Schwentner et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Or. Amphipoda Latreille 1816 [amphipod]
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Subor. Corophiidea Leach 1814
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Infraor. Corophiida Leach 1814
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Superfm. Aoroidea Stebbing 1899
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Fm. Aoridae Stebbing 1899
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G. Aora Stebbing 1899
G. Bemlos Shoemaker 1925
G. Lembos Spence Bate 1857
G. Meridiolembos Myers 1988
G. Microdeutopus Costa 1853
Superfm. Corophioidea Leach 1814
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Subor. Gammaridea Latrielle 1803
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Fm. Gammaridae Leach 1814
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G. Gammarus Fabricius 1775
G. Melita Leach 1814
G. †Praegmelina Derjavin 1929
Subor. Senticaudata Lowry and Myers 2013
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Superfm. Gammaroidea Latreille 1802
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Invalid names: Acanthogammaridae Garjajeff 1901 [empty], Pontogammaridae Latreille 1802 [empty]
Invalid names: Anthracocaridacea Brooks 1962 [empty], Caprellidea Leach 1814 [empty], Hyperiidea Latrielle 1831 [empty], Ingolfiellidea Hansen 1903 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 132.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.77 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.77 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Berriasian - Barremian | Thailand | Amphipoda indet. (122855) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian | United Kingdom (Surrey) | Gammaroidorum vonki (74972) | |
| Turonian | Egypt (Aswan) | Corophium sp. (138678) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Cuba | Melita sp. (91157) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Amphipoda indet. (57706) |