New families and subfamilies of amphipod crustaceans

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Author: LOWRY, J. K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2006
• Subjects: Crustacea; Amphipoda; new families; new subfamilies; taxonomy; Amathillopsidae; Amathillopsinae (new status); Cleonardopsinae subfam. nov.; Parepimeriinae subfam. nov.; Miramarassidae fam. nov.; Regaliidae fam. nov.; Sanchoidae fam. nov.; Southern Ocean; Pacific; Coleman; Ortiz; Chevreux
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1254.1.1; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1254.1.1

Cleonardopsis K.H. Barnard, 1916, has been incorrectly placed in the Eusiridae. Based on mouthpart morphology, body carination and the shape of the gnathopods it is reassigned to the Amathillopsidae in the new subfamily Cleonardopsinae. Cleonardopsinae is cosmopolitan in the deep sea. Parepimeria Ch...