Family CALLIOPIIDAE Sars, 1895
Membrilopus kensleyi
© Copyright from Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005: fig. 1
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Family CALLIOPIIDAE Sars, 1895
Introduction
Barnard and Karaman (1991) included the calliopiid and pontogeneid amphipods in the Eusiridae. The family Eusiridae (sensu lato) is difficult to define and almost certainly polyphyletic. Bousfield and Hendrycks (1997) reverted to the Calliopiidae and in this catalogue we keep the three families separate. Calliopiids are considered to be a ‘bipolar’ group (Bousfield & Hendrycks 1997) and although not well represented in Australian waters they are diverse in the Australian Antarctic Territories.
General References
Barnard, J.L. & Karaman, G.S. 1991. The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda (except marine gammaroids). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 13: 1-866
Bousfield, E.L. & Hendrycks, E.A. 1997. The Amphipod Superfamily Eusiroddea in the North American Pacific Region. II Family Calliopiidae. Systematics and distributional Ecology. Amphipacifica II(3): 3-66
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 06-Feb-2013 | MOVED | Dr Jim Lowry (AM) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 22-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 16-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 27-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED |