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Oxycephalidae Spence Bate, 1863
- Genus Calamorhynchus Streets, 1878
- Genus Cranocephalus Bovallius, 1890
- Genus Glossocephalus Bovallius, 1887
- Genus Leptocotis Streets, 1877
- Genus Oxycephalus H. Milne Edwards, 1830
- Genus Rhabdosoma White, 1847
- Genus Streetsia Stebbing, 1888
- Genus Tullbergella Bovallius, 1887
- Genus Macrocephalus Spence Bate, 1858 accepted as Rhabdosoma White, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Metalycaea Stephensen, 1925 accepted as Lycaea Dana, 1852
- Genus Orio Cocco, 1832 accepted as Oxycephalus H. Milne Edwards, 1830 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Rhabdonectes Bovalius, 1887 accepted as Rhabdosoma White, 1847 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
- Genus Xiphocephalus Bovallius, 1890 accepted as Rhabdosoma White, 1847
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bate, C. S. (1863). Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum Natural History: London.</em> i-iv + 1-399, pls. 1-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20901
page(s): 341 [details]
page(s): 341 [details]
Taxonomic remark Dana, 1852, introduced the subfamilies “Pronoinae” and “Oxycephalinae”. Therefore according to Article 50.3.1, the...
Taxonomic remark Dana, 1852, introduced the subfamilies “Pronoinae” and “Oxycephalinae”. Therefore according to Article 50.3.1, the families Pronoidae and Oxycephalidae belong to Dana, 1852. [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Oxycephalidae Spence Bate, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196118 on 2025-05-13
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Bate, C. S. (1863). Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum Natural History: London.</em> i-iv + 1-399, pls. 1-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.20901
page(s): 341 [details]
basis of record Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 341 [details]
basis of record Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Vinogradov M.E., Volkov A.F. & Semenova T.N. (1996). Hyperiid amphipods (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea) of the world oceans. Science Publishers, Inc., Lebanon, NH, 632 pp., available online at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35848198
page(s): 498 [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Zeidler, W. (2016). A review of the families and genera of the superfamily Platysceloidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), together with keys to the families, genera and species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4192(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4192.1.1
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page(s): 498 [details] Available for editors
[request]identification resource Zeidler, W. (2016). A review of the families and genera of the superfamily Platysceloidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), together with keys to the families, genera and species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4192(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4192.1.1
note: key to genera [details] Available for editors
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Bovallius, C. (1890). The Oxycephalides. <em>Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientarum Upsaliensis.</em> 3, 1-141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15360801 [details]
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Taxonomic remark Dana, 1852, introduced the subfamilies “Pronoinae” and “Oxycephalinae”. Therefore according to Article 50.3.1, the families Pronoidae and Oxycephalidae belong to Dana, 1852. [details]
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