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Phliantidae
Sign in to savePhliantidae is a family of isopod-like amphipod crustaceans chiefly from the southern hemisphere.
Species
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderAmphipoda
- FamilyPhliantidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 170
- With media
- 27
- Family
- Phliantidae
- Collections
- USNM, MUSEU NACIONAL/UFRJ, NMV, YPM, CAS
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, Brasil, Australia, Bermuda, Japan
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Distribution and ecology
- Taxonomy
- References
Phliantidae is a family of isopod-like amphipod crustaceans chiefly from the southern hemisphere.
==Description== Members of the family Phliantidae are unusual among the order Amphipoda, because they have dorso-ventrally flattened bodies with a pronounced dorsal keel, rather than being flattened side-to-side. Because of this, and various other factors, including the square-ended form of the rostrum, they resemble isopods.
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