[Checklist and references of the Amphipod Crustaceans (Gammaridea) from tropical western Atlantic].
The published records of Amphipoda Gammaridea of the tropical western Atlantic region were reviewed and compiled in a checklist. A total of 478 species is recorded (52 families, 199 genera). This adds 20 families and 253 species to the last published list. The families are Ampeliscidae, Amphilochidae, Amphitoidae, Anamixidae, Aoridae, Argissidae, Aristiidae, Bateidae, Biancolinidae, Bogidiellidae, Cheluridae, Colomastigidae, Corophiidae, Cyphocarididae, Cyproideidae, Dexaminidae, Endevouridae, Epimeriidae, Eusiridae, Gammaridae, Hadziidae, Haustoriidae, Hyalellidae, Hyalidae, Hyperiopsidae, Iphimediidae, Isaeidae, Ischyroceridae, Leucothoidae, Liljeborgiidae, Lysianassidae, Megaluropidae, Melitidae, Melphidippidae, Ochlesidae, Oedicerotidae, Pardaliscidae, Phliantidae, Phoxocephalidae, Platyischnopidae, Pleustidae, Podoceridae, Pontoporeiidae, Scopelocheiridae, Sebidae, Stegocephalidae, Stenothoidae, Synopiidae, Talitridae, Uristidae, and Vitjazianidae.
Ortíz
Manuel
M
Centro de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad de La Habana, Habana, Cuba. ortiztouzet@yahoo.com
Martín
Alberto
A
Díaz
Yusbelly J
YJ
D033304:Amphipoda / Q000145:classification*; D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean