A classification is proposed for the order Amphipoda. The Amphipoda includes six
suborders, the Pseudingolfiellidea, Hyperiidea, Colomastigidea, Hyperiopsidea …

The ecological radiation of amphipods is striking among crustaceans. Despite high diversity,
global distribution and key roles in all aquatic environments, little is known about their …

Each individual cetacean is an ecosystem itself, potentially harboring a great variety of
animals that travel with it. Despite being often despised or overlooked, many of these …

The family Cyamidae, known as whale lice, is analysed herein by cladistic methods based
on morphological characters. The analysis was performed using the program TNT and was …

Abstract The amphipod Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890 was recorded for the first time in
Southern Iberian Peninsula (36° 44′ 15 ″N, 3° 59′ 38 ″W). This species is the only …

C aprella penantis is considered a cosmopolitan species and one of the most challenging
caprellids in taxonomic terms because of its remarkable intraspecific morphological …

According to a well-consolidated tradition, the body of arthropods is described in terms of
segments and tagmata. Even the oldest names for these animals, Aristotle's έντομα [entoma …

Modern crustaceans are extremely diverse, not only in their morphologies, but also in their
life styles. It is therefore not surprising that parasitism evolved in various lineages of …

Three species of the amphipod family Caprellidae were collected in the area of the
submarine Piip Volcano, the northwestern Bering Sea, during 75-th and 82-nd research …

Abstract Background Arthropoda, Tardigrada and Onychophora evolved from lobopodians,
a paraphyletic group of disparate Palaeozoic vermiform animals with soft legs. Although the …