Subterranean Amphipod
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List of gammaridean amphipod families or family groups represented partly or entirely in subterranean habitats. Numbers in the second column indicate stygobiont (troglobitic) species per family. Individual databases are provided by different authors. More comprehensive databases are highlighted. |
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Families/Family Groups |
Stygobiont species |
Genera |
| Allocrangonyctidae | 2 | 1 | |
| Aoridae (stygobionts ?) | 1 (?) | 1 | |
| Bogidiellidae (includes Artesiidae) | 105 | 33 | |
| Calliopiidae | 3 | 3 | |
| Crangonyctidae | 156 | 6 | |
| Gammaridae | 37 (ca.) | 17 | |
| Hadziidae * | 78 (ca.) | 26 (ca.) | |
| Hyalellidae (includes Ceinidae) | 2 | 2 | |
| Hyalidae | 3 | 1 | |
| Ingolfiellidae | 37 | 3 | |
| Liljeborgiidae (stygobionts ?) | 1 (?) | 1 | |
| Lysiannasidae | 1 | 1 | |
| Melitidae * | 54 (ca.) | 23 (ca.) | |
| Metacrangonyctidae | 14 | 2 | |
| Metaingolfiellidae | 1 | 1 | |
| Neoniphargidae | 1 | 2 | |
| Niphargidae | 221 | 8 | |
| Paracrangonyctidae | 3 | 2 | |
| Paramelitidae | 10 (?) | 9 | |
| Pardaliscidae | 3 | 2 | |
| Perthiidae | 1 | 1 | |
| Phoxocephalidae (no stygobionts) | - | - | |
| Phreatogammaridae | 2 | 2 | |
| Pleustidae | 3 | 2 | |
| Pseudocrangonyctidae | 11 | 2 | |
| Salentinellidae | 14 | 2 | |
| Sebidae | 2 | 1 | |
| Sternophysingidae | 8 | 1 | |
| Talitridae (terrestrial) | 3 | 3 | |
Family groups (undescribed) |
Stygobiont species |
Genera |
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| Austroniphargus/Sandro | 3 | 2 | |
| Crangoweckelia/Pintaweckelia | 3 | 2 | |
| Eoniphargus/Indoniphargus | 3 | 2 | |
| Falklandellids | 2 (?) | 2 | |
| Pseudoniphargids | 62 | 2 | |
| Sensonator group | 1 | 1 | |
| Uronyctus group | 1 | 1 | |
| Cottarellia group | 1 | 1 | |
| * Taxonomic status of listed groups is controversial. | |||
