Family KAMAKIDAE Myers & Lowry, 2003

Kamaka silvana

© Copyright from Myers, 2009d: fig. 3

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Introduction

The family Kamakidae was established by Myers & Lowry (2003) based on a phylogenetic analysis of corophiidean amphipods. This family was recently recorded for the first time from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (Myers 2009). According to Myers & Lowry (2003) kamakids are similar to isaeids and photid corophiideans. The two genera reported in Australia belong to the subfamily Kamakinae. According to Myers (2009), kamakines are characterised by the strongly produced head lateral lobes that completely enclose the eye. They are tube-dwelling corophioid amphipods, but we know little about their way of life. They are often found in estuarine habitats among mangroves.

General References

Myers, A.A. 2009. Kamakidae. pp. 487-493 in Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. (eds). Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 2260: 1-930

Myers, A.A. & Lowry, J.K. 2003. A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology 23(2): 443-485

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