Hyalidae
Encyclopedia
Hyalidae is a family
of amphipods
, containing 12 genera in two unequal subfamilies:
Hyalinae
Hyachelinae
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 amphipods
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...
, containing 12 genera in two unequal subfamilies:
Hyalinae
- Apohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002
- Hyale Rathke, 1837
- Insula Kunkel, 1910
- Lelehua J. L. Barnard, 1970
- Neobule Haswell, 1879
- Parallorchestes Shoemaker, 1941
- Parhyale Stebbing, 1897
- Protohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002
- Ptilohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002
- Ruffohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002
- Serejohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002
Hyachelinae
- Hyachelia J. L. Barnard, 1967