Eusiridae
Encyclopedia
Eusiridae is a family
of amphipods
. It contains the following genera:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of amphipods
Amphipoda
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. The name amphipoda means "different-footed", and refers to the different forms of appendages, unlike isopods, where all the legs are alike. Of the 7,000 species, 5,500 are classified...
. It contains the following genera:
- Cleonardo Stebbing, 1888
- Eusirella Chevreux, 1908
- Eusirogenes Stebbing, 1904
- Eusiropsis Stebbing, 1897
- Eusirus Krøyer, 1845
- Harcledo J. L. Barnard, 1964
- Laothoe Fabricius, 1807
- Meteusiroides Pirlot, 1934
- Pareusirogenes Birstein & M. Vinogradov, 1955
- Rhachotropis S. I. Smith, 1883
- Triquetramana Hendrycks & Conlan, 2003