Munnopsidae
Family of crustaceans
| Munnopsidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Superfamily: | Janiroidea |
| Family: | Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864[1] |
| Subfamilies[2] | |
| Acanthocopinae Wolff, 1962 | |
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The family Munnopsidae is a family of asellote isopoda which is one of the most speciose and frequently collected of the known isopod families. As currently structured it consists of nine subfamilies, 44 genera and about 364 species. The Munnopsidae is frequently the most abundant and diverse isopod family in benthic deep−sea communities and also has a wide distribution in cold waters.[3]
Genera within the family Munnopsidae
The following genera are listed for the Munnopsidae:[2]
Acanthocopinae
Bathyopsurinae
Betamorphinae
Eurycopinae
| Ilyarachnae
Lipomerinae
| Munnopsinae
Storthyngurinae
Syneurycopinae
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References
- ^ "Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864". ITIS. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864". World Registry of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ Sarah Schnurr; Marina V. Malyutina (2014). "Two new species of the genus Eurycope (Isopoda, Munnopsidae) from Icelandic waters". 35 (2): 361–388.
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