Isaeidae
Encyclopedia
Isaeidae is a family
of amphipods
, containing the following genera
:
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 the following genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
:
- Cerapopsis Della Valle, 1893
- Cheirophotis Walker, 1904
- Eurystheus
- IsaeaIsaeaIsaea is a small genus of amphipod crustaceans that live commensally on the mouthparts of other crustaceans.-Isaea montagui:I. montagui was named in 1830 by Henri Milne-Edwards in honour of George Montagu. It lives on the mouthparts of the spider crab Maja squinado, and is found from the West of...
Milne-Edwards, 1830 - Microprotopus Norman, 1867
- Noenia
- Podoceropsis Boeck, 1861