Family AMEIRIDAE Monard, 1927
Compiler and date details
31 May 2007 - G.K. Walker-Smith & K. Chilton-Lahey
- Ameiridae Monard, A. 1927. Synopsis universalis generum Harpacticoidarum. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung für Systematik 54: 139-176.
Type genus:
Ameira Boeck, 1865.Compiled from secondary source:
Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp. [231].
Introduction
Species in the family Ameiridae can be found in a wide range of sediment types and occur in marine and freshwater. Worldwide, nearly 100 species and subspecies occur in freshwater habitats (Boxshall & Halsey 2004); here we list 11 genera and 20 species for Australia.
See Boxshall and Halsey (2004) for more details, as well as a key to the genera.
ID Keys
See Boxshall & Halsey (2004).
Diagnosis References
Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp. [232]
General References
Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp.