Ampithoidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. The family has a worldwide distribution as algal dwellers. They commonly create tube-shaped nests on their host plants or algae which serve as both shelter and food. Young ampithoids develop from eggs to a larval stage within their mother's brood-pouch, formed by the appendages of her abdomen.
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Ampithoidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans. The family has a worldwide distribution as algal dwellers. They commonly create tube-shaped nests on their host plants or algae which serve as both shelter and food. Young ampithoids develop from eggs to a larval stage within their mother's brood-pouch, formed by the appendages of her abdomen.
==Genera== The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in this family:- Amphithoides Kossmann, 1880 Amphitholina Ruffo, 1953 Ampithoe Leach, 1814 Austrothoe Peart, 2014 Biancolina Della Valle, 1893 Cymadusa Savigny, 1816 Exampithoe K.H. Barnard, 1926 Macropisthopus K.H. Barnard, 1916 Paradusa Ruffo, 1969 Paragrubia Chevreux, 1901 Paranexes Peart, 2014 Pleonexes Spence Bate, 1857 Plumithoe Barnard & Karaman, 1991 Pseudamphithoides Ortiz, 1976 (e.g. Pseudamphithoides incurvaria) Pseudopleonexes Conlan, 1982 Sunamphitoe Spence Bate, 1857 (e.g. Sunamphitoe femorata)
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