| Senticaudata | |
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| Gammarus roeselii (Gammaroidea: Gammaridae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Suborder: | Senticaudata Lowry & Myers, 2013 |
Senticaudata is one of the four suborders of the crustacean order Amphipoda (aka scuds, sideswimmers). It includes some 5000 species, which is more than 50% of the currently recognized amphipod diversity.[2]
Senticaudata was split off from the traditional suborder Gammaridea by James K. Lowry and Alan A. Myers in 2013, as a part of a process of reorganising the higher taxonomy of amphipods. It now also encompasses the previously recognized Caprellidea and Corophiidea.[3] The suborder is defined by a presence of strong apical setae on the 1st and 2nd uropods.[3]
Senticaudata contains much of the world freshwater amphipod diversity, whereas the majority of its species are still marine. Among the major superfamilies included are the Gammaroidea, Crangonyctoidea, Talitroidea and Corophioidea.[1]
- ^ a b Horton, T. (2013). Senticaudata World Register of Marine Species
- ^ Introduction World Amphipoda Database (read 23 March 2014)
- ^ a b Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. (2013) A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Zootaxa 3610 (1): 1-80.