Platyischnopidae
| Platyischnopidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Suborder: | Gammaridea |
| Family: | Platyischnopidae Barnard & Drummond, 1979 |
Platyischnopidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. Its members are characterised by the conical rostrum, which is covered with sensory pits at the end.[1] Although digging behaviour has only been directly observed in a few taxa, it is assumed that all the animals in the family Platyischnopidae are fossorial.[2] The genera included in Platyischnopidae are Skaptopus, Platyischnopus, Indischnopus, Tiburonella, Eudevenopus, Tittakunara, Tomituka and Yurrokus.[2]
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Wikispecies has information related to: Platyischnopidae |
- ↑ L. E. Hughes (2009). J. K. Lowry & A. A. Myers, ed. "Platyischnopidae" (PDF). Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
- 1 2 James Darwin Thomas & J. Laurens Barnard (1983). "The Platyischnopidae of America (Crustacea: Amphipoda)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 375: 1–33.
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