Sternophysingidae

Also known as: Cave Amphipods

Classification

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Amphipoda
Family	Sternophysingidae
Published in	Holsinger, J. R. (1992). Sternophysingidae, a new family of subterranean Amphipods (Gammaridea: Crangonyctoidea) from South Africa, with description of Sternophysinx calceola, n. sp. and comments on phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships. Journal of
Habitat	FRESHWATER
Genera	1
Species records held	8
Descendant taxa (GBIF)	9
GBIF key	4304311

Genera in Sternophysingidae

Sternophysinx — 8 species: Sternophysinx alca, Sternophysinx basilobata, Sternophysinx calceola, Sternophysinx filaris, Sternophysinx hibernica, Sternophysinx megacheles, Sternophysinx robertsi, Sternophysinx transvaalensis

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Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.

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