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Alicellidae

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Alicellidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Superfamily: Alicelloidea
Family: Alicellidae
Lowry & De Broyer, 2008

Alicellidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, which live as scavengers in the deep sea (at depths of 706–8,480 metres or 2,316–27,822 feet), often in association with hydrothermal vents.[1]

The family includes the following genera:[2]


Phylogeny[3]

References

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  1. ^ J. K. Lowry; C. de Broyer (2008). "Alicellidae and Valettiopsidae, two new callynophorate families (Crustacea: Amphipoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1843: 57–66.
  2. ^ Claude De Broyer (2010). Lowry J (ed.). "Alicellidae". World Amphipoda Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Weston, Johanna N. J.; Peart, Rachael A.; Jamieson, Alan J. (2020-01-02). "Amphipods from the Wallaby-Zenith Fracture Zone, Indian Ocean: new genus and two new species identified by integrative taxonomy". Systematics and Biodiversity. 18 (1): 57–78. Bibcode:2020SyBio..18...57W. doi:10.1080/14772000.2020.1729891.