Hyperiidae

Hyperia macrocephala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phronimoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Amphipoda Subordo: Hyperiidea Infraordo: Physocephalata Superfamilia: Phronimoidea

Familia: Hyperiidae

Genera: Hyperia – Hyperiella – Hyperoche – Laxohyperia – Pegohyperia – Prohyperia – Themistella – Themisto

Names in synonymy: Parathemisto

Name

Hyperiidae Dana, 1852: 300 (as 'Hyperidea')

Type genus: Hyperia Latreille, 1823

References

Primary references

• Dana, J.D. 1852. On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 2), 14(41): 297–316. BHL Reference page. 
• Zeidler, W. 2015. A review of the hyperiidean amphipod genus Hyperoche Bovallius, 1887 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea: Hyperiidae), with the description of a new genus to accommodate H. shihi Gasca, 2005. Zootaxa 3905 (2): 151–192. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.2.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Hyperiidae in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

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