Epimeriidae

Epimeriidae is a family of relatively large amphipods found in cold oceans around the world.

==Distribution, habitat and abundance== Members of this family range from the intertidal zone to a depth of , but overall mostly and in the Southern Ocean mostly . The highest species richness is in the Southern Ocean south of the Antarctic Convergence, followed by deep parts of the Pacific Ocean, with only a few elsewhere, including the Magellanic region, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean (both north and south) and Mediterranean Sea. In tropical and warm-temperate regions they only occur in deep, cold waters. The vast majority are generally slow-moving and benthic, but can move fast for short distance and a few species are pelagic or semi-pelagic.