Bougisidae

Bougisidae is a family of plankton in the sub-order Hyperiidea – a type of so-called "hyperid" amphipoda.[1][2] Bougisidae is a monotypic taxon, meaning that it has only one subordinate taxon: the genus Bougisia, which itself contains only one species, B. ornata. This species lives as plankton in tropical and sub-tropical salt water. Hyperiidea species normally have a physique that differs from other types of amphipod.

Bougisidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Hyperiidea
Superfamily: Phronimoidea
Family: Bougisidae
Zeidler, 2004
Genus
  • Bougisia Laval, 1966

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of Bougisia is complicated, and has been revised on a number of occasions, and different group affiliation is possible. Prior to 2004, the genera Iulopis and Bougisia were part of the family Hyperiidae, but Zeidler suggested creating two new families for the genera. The groups' taxonomy was updated in 2013.[3] A modern updating of the system is based on the 2013 revision with its basis in the WoRMS-database.[4]

References
  1. Wolfgang Zeidler, "A review of the families and genera of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Phronimoidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea)", in: Zootaxa, nr 567, 2004, page 1-66.
  2. T E Bowman and H E Gruner, "The families and genera of Hyperiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda)", in: Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, nr 146, 1973, page 1-64.
  3. Lowry, J.K. and Myers, A.A, "A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda)", in: Zootaxa nr 3610 (1), 2013, page 1-80.
  4. "Bougisidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 September 2019.


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