Hypsimetopidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Subordo: Phreatoicidea

Familia: Hypsimetopidae
Genera (6): Andhracoides – Hyperoedesipus – Hypsimetopus – Nichollsia – Phreatoicoides – Pilbarophreatoicus
Name

Hypsimetopidae Nicholls, 1943
Correct spelling? Hypsimetopodidae

Synonyms

Nichollsiidae Tiwari, 1955

References

Tiwari, K.K. 1955: Nichollsiidae, a new family of Phreatoicoidea (Crustacea: Isopoda). Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta), 53: 293–295.
Wilson, G.D.F.; Reddy, Y.R. 2011: Andhracoides shabuddin gen. nov., sp. nov., a new phreatoicidean isopod (Crustacea, Hypsimetopidae) from hypogean aquatic habitats in Andhra Pradesh, India. Zootaxa, 2869: 37–53. Preview PDF