Family AMEIRIDAE Monard, 1927
Compiler and date details
31 May 2007 - G.K. Walker-Smith & K. Chilton-Lahey
- Ameiridae Monard, A. 1927. Synopsis universalis generum Harpacticoidarum. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 54: 139-176.
Type genus:
Ameira Boeck, 1865.
Introduction
Species in the family Ameiridae can be found in a wide range of sediment types and occur in marine and freshwater. Worldwide, nearly 100 species and subspecies occur in freshwater habitats (Boxshall & Halsey 2004); here we list 11 genera and 20 species for Australia.
See Boxshall and Halsey (2004) for more details, as well as a key to the genera.
ID Keys
See Boxshall & Halsey (2004).
Diagnosis References
General References
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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