Senticaudata

Senticaudata is one of the four suborders of the crustacean order Amphipoda (aka scuds, sideswimmers). It includes some 5000 species, which is more than 50% or the currently recognized amphipod diversity.[1]

Senticaudata
Gammarus roeselii
(Gammaroidea: Gammaridae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013

Senticaudata was split off from the traditional suborder Gammaridea by Lowry & Myers in 2013, as a part of a process of reorganising the higher taxonomy of amphipods. It now also encompasses the previously recognized Caprellidea and Corophiidea.[2] The suborder is defined by a presence of strong apical setae on the 1st and 2nd uropods.[2]

Senticaudata contains much of the world freshwater amphipod diversity, whereas the majority of its species are still marine. Among the major superfamilies included are the Gammaroidea, Crangonyctoidea, Talitroidea and Corophioidea.[3]

Infraorders and superfamilies
  • Bogidiellida
    • Bogidielloidea
  • Carangoliopsida
    • Carangoliopsoidea
  • Corophiida
    • Caprelloidea
    • Aetiopedesoidea
    • Isaeoidea
    • Microprotopoidea
    • Neomegamphoidea
    • Photoidea
    • Rakirooidea
    • Aoroidea
    • Cheluroidea
    • Chevalioidea
    • Corophioidea
  • Gammarida
  • Hadziida
    • Calliopioidea
    • Hadzioidea
  • Talitrida
    • Biancolinoidea
    • Caspicoloidea
    • Kurioidea
    • Talitroidea

References
  1. Introduction World Amphipoda Database (read 23 March 2014)
  2. Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. (2013) A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Zootaxa 3610 (1): 1-80.
  3. Horton, T. (2013). Senticaudata World Register of Marine Species
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