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Suborder INGOLFIELLOIDEA Hansen, 1903


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Helen E. Stoddart & James K. Lowry

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Introduction

Ingolfiellideans are a small group (about 30 species) of interstitial marine and freshwater amphipods. They are best known for their vestigial 'eye lobe', the main character for their suborder status. Dahl (1977) argued convincingly against separate suborder status and Lowry & Poore (1989) have followed his approach. In the Catalogue we follow a conservative approach. The question remains as to whether these amphipods are near the stem amphipods or are highly derived forms of some more advancecd group. There are two recognised families, the Ingolfiellidae and the Metangolfiellidae, the latter a monotypic family not considered further here because no species occur in Austalia.
Ingolfiellideans are known from marine to limnic habitats, and they are eurythermal and eurybathic, mainly interstitial, amphipods. Stock (1977) gives the most comprehensive discussion of the zoogeography of ingolfiellideans.
Nothing is known about the life histories of ingolfiellideans and little is known about their ecology.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 31-Jul-2018 MODIFIED Dr Shane Ahyong
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA 29-Apr-2013 MODIFIED Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022 22-Nov-2012 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 15-Apr-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)