Family MEGALUROPIDAE Thomas & Barnard, 1987
Gibberosus udarus
© Copyright from Hughes, 2009b: fig. 1
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Family MEGALUROPIDAE Thomas & Barnard, 1987
Introduction
The small family Megaluropidae was established by Thomas & Barnard, 1986 for a group of suspension-feeding taxa that rest upside down on the substrate in a cradle-like position (Thomas & Barnard, 1986). The family was recently recorded by Hughes (2009) from the Great Barrier Reef.
General References
Hughes, L.E. 2009. Megaluropidae. pp. 708-712 in Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. (eds). Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 2260: 1-930
Thomas, J.D. & Barnard, J.L. 1986. New genera and species of the Megaluropus group (Amphipoda, Megaluropidae) from American Seas. Bulletin of Marine Science 38: 442-476
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 | 12-Jun-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 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 | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |