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Platyscelidae Bate, 1862 
AphiaID: 101422

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Hyperiidea (Suborder) > Physocephalata (Infraorder) > Platysceloidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Platysceloidea
Sources  basis of record: Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 295-308 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (Ed.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp. [details]

identification resource: Vinogradov M.E., Volkov A.F. & Semenova T.N. (1996). Hyperiid amphipods (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea) of the world oceans. Science Publishers, Inc., Lebanon, NH, 632., available online at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35848198
page(s): 544 [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Amphithyrus Claus, 1879
Genus Hemityphis Claus, 1879
Genus Paratyphis Claus, 1879
Genus Platyscelus Bate, 1861
Genus Tetrathyrus Claus, 1879
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
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Image 
Platyscelidae
Platyscelidae
added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith ()
qualitystatus: checked by Zeidler, Wolfgang on 2012-11-29 01:01:02
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101422
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Bellan-Santini, Denise
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  checked  Costello, Mark
2005-05-02 07:36:34Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-12-01 07:38:59Z  checked  Lowry, Jim
  
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  Citation: Lowry, J.; Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Platyscelidae. In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101422 on 2013-05-19
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