Microprotopoidea

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: Amphipoda
Subordo: Corophiidea
Infraordo: Caprellida
Superfamilia: Microprotopoidea
Familiae: Australomicroprotopidae – Microprotopidae
Name

Microprotopoidea Myers & Lowry, 2003

Type genus: Microprotopus Norman, 1867
References
Primary references

Myers, A.A. & Lowry, J.K. 2003. A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology 23(2): 443–485. DOI: 10.1651/0278-0372(2003)023[0443:APAANC]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR Reference page.

Additional references

Myers, A.A., Lowry, J.K. & Billingham, Z. 2016. A new family, genus and species of freshwater amphipod Australomicroprotopus megacoxa gen. nov. sp. nov. (Senticaudata, Corophiidea, Microprotopoidea, Australomicroprotopidae fam. nov.) from Australia. Zootaxa 4161(3): 412–418. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.3.8. Reference page.

Links

Microprotopoidea in the World Register of Marine Species