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Amphipoda (amphipod)

Malacostraca - Amphipoda

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Amphipoda Latreille
2001Amphipoda Martin and Davis p. 66
2002Amphipoda Sepkoski
2018Amphipoda Schwentner et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
orderAmphipodaLatreille 1816
orderAmphipodaLatreille 1816

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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Fm. Ampithoidae Boeck 1871
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Subfm. Ampithoinae Boeck 1871
Fm. Corophiidae Leach 1814
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Subfm. Corophiinae Leach 1814
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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G. †Gammaroidorum Jarzembowski et al. 2020
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Gammaroidorum vonki Jarzembowski et al. 2020
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
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

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

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Barremian143.1 - 121.4Thailand Amphipoda indet. (122855)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77United Kingdom (Surrey) Gammaroidorum vonki (74972)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt (Aswan) Corophium sp. (138678)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Cuba Melita sp. (91157)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Amphipoda indet. (57706)