Cyproideidae
Encyclopedia
Cyproideidae is a family
of amphipod
crustacean
s. Eighteen genera and 43 species have been described as of 2009. They mostly occur mostly in the Southern Hemisphere
, where they form associations with coral
s, sponges, crinoid
s and hydroids
.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of amphipod
Amphipoda
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. The name amphipoda means "different-footed", and refers to the different forms of appendages, unlike isopods, where all the legs are alike. Of the 7,000 species, 5,500 are classified...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s. Eighteen genera and 43 species have been described as of 2009. They mostly occur mostly in the Southern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...
, where they form associations with coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
s, sponges, crinoid
Crinoid
Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea of the echinoderms . Crinoidea comes from the Greek word krinon, "a lily", and eidos, "form". They live both in shallow water and in depths as great as 6,000 meters. Sea lilies refer to the crinoids which, in their adult form, are...
s and hydroids
Hydrozoa
Hydrozoa are a taxonomic class of very small, predatory animals which can be solitary or colonial and which mostly live in saltwater. A few genera within this class live in freshwater...
.
Genera
The following 18 genera are included:- Austropheonoides J. L. Barnard, 1972
- Cyproidea Haswell, 1879
- Gbroidea Lowry & Azman, 2008
- Hoplopheonoides Shoemaker, 1956
- Hoplopleon K. H. Barnard, 1932
- Mokuoloe J. L. Barnard, 1970
- Moolapheonoides J. L. Barnard, 1974
- Narapheonoides J. L. Barnard, 1972
- Neocyproidea Hurley, 1955
- Paracyproidea Stebbing, 1899
- Peltocoxa Catta, 1875
- Peltopes K. H. Barnard, 1930
- Pseudopeltocoxa Schiecke, 1977
- Stegoplax Sars, 1883
- Terepeltopes Hirayama, 1983
- Unguja Griffiths, 1976
- Unyapheonoides J. L. Barnard, 1972
- Victorhensenoides Rauschert, 1996