Ampithoidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. The family has a worldwide distribution as algal dwellers. They commonly create tube-shaped nests on their host plants or algae which serve as both shelter and food. Young ampithoids develop from eggs to a larval stage within their mother's brood-pouch, formed by the appendages of her abdomen.
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| Sunamphitoe pelagica (Milne-Edwards, 1830) - A benthic amphipod from the Belgian part of the North Sea. Length : 8 mm | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Superfamily: | Corophioidea |
| Family: | Ampithoidae Boeck, 1871[1] |
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Genera
editThe World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in this family:-
- Amphithoides Kossmann, 1880
- Amphitholina Ruffo, 1953
- Ampithoe Leach, 1814
- Austrothoe Peart, 2014
- Biancolina Della Valle, 1893
- Cymadusa Savigny, 1816
- Exampithoe K.H. Barnard, 1926
- Macropisthopus K.H. Barnard, 1916
- Paradusa Ruffo, 1969
- Paragrubia Chevreux, 1901
- Paranexes Peart, 2014
- Pleonexes Spence Bate, 1857
- Plumithoe Barnard & Karaman, 1991
- Pseudamphithoides Ortiz, 1976 (e.g. Pseudamphithoides incurvaria)
- Pseudopleonexes Conlan, 1982
- Sunamphitoe Spence Bate, 1857 (e.g. Sunamphitoe femorata)
References
edit- ^ a b Lowry, J. (2010). Lowry J (ed.). "Ampithoidae Boeck, 1871". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
Further reading
edit- Cerda, Osvaldo; Hinojosa, Iván A.; Thiel, Martin (June 2010). "Nest-Building Behavior by the Amphipod Peramphithoe femorata (Krøyer) on the Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh From Northern-Central Chile". The Biological Bulletin. 218 (3): 248–258. doi:10.1086/BBLv218n3p248. PMID 20570848. S2CID 12067862.
- Peart, Rachael A.; Lörz, Anne-Nina (26 January 2018). "Ampithoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from New Zealand". ZooKeys (733): 25–48. doi:10.3897/zookeys.733.14052. PMC 5799742. PMID 29416406.
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