# Ampithoidae

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{{short description|Family of crustaceans}}
{{Automatic taxobox 
| image = Sunamphitoe pelagica.jpg
| image_caption = Sunamphitoe pelagica (Milne-Edwards, 1830) -  A benthic amphipod from the Belgian part of the North Sea. Length : 8 mm
| taxon = Ampithoidae
| authority = Boeck, 1871<ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |author=Lowry, J. |year=2010 |title=Ampithoidae Boeck, 1871 |db=Amphipoda |id=237282 |accessdate=15 April 2019}}</ref>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=WoRMS/>
| synonyms = *Ampithoinae<small>Boeck, 1871</small>
*Biancolinidae<small> J.L. Barnard, 1972</small>
*Exampithoinae<small> Myers & Lowry, 2003</small>
}}

'''Ampithoidae''' is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [amphipod](/source/Amphipoda) [crustacean](/source/crustacean)s. 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](/source/abdomen).

==Genera==
The [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) includes the following [genera](/source/Genus) in this family:-

*''[Amphithoides](/source/Amphithoides)'' <small>Kossmann, 1880</small>
*''[Amphitholina](/source/Amphitholina)'' <small>Ruffo, 1953</small>
*''[Ampithoe](/source/Ampithoe)'' <small>Leach, 1814</small>
*''[Austrothoe](/source/Austrothoe)'' <small>Peart, 2014</small>
*''[Biancolina](/source/Biancolina_(amphipod))'' <small>Della Valle, 1893</small>
*''[Cymadusa](/source/Cymadusa)'' <small>Savigny, 1816</small>
*''[Exampithoe](/source/Exampithoe)'' <small>K.H. Barnard, 1926</small>
*''[Macropisthopus](/source/Macropisthopus)'' <small>K.H. Barnard, 1916</small>
*''[Paradusa](/source/Paradusa)'' <small>Ruffo, 1969</small>
*''[Paragrubia](/source/Paragrubia)'' <small>Chevreux, 1901</small>
*''[Paranexes](/source/Paranexes)'' <small>Peart, 2014</small>
*''[Pleonexes](/source/Pleonexes)'' <small>Spence Bate, 1857</small>
*''[Plumithoe](/source/Plumithoe)'' <small>Barnard & Karaman, 1991</small>
*''[Pseudamphithoides](/source/Pseudamphithoides)'' <small>Ortiz, 1976</small> (e.g. ''[Pseudamphithoides incurvaria](/source/Pseudamphithoides_incurvaria)'')
*''[Pseudopleonexes](/source/Pseudopleonexes)'' <small>Conlan, 1982</small>
*''[Sunamphitoe](/source/Sunamphitoe)'' <small>Spence Bate, 1857</small> (e.g. ''[Sunamphitoe femorata](/source/Sunamphitoe_femorata)'')

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite journal |last1=Cerda |first1=Osvaldo |last2=Hinojosa |first2=Iván A. |last3=Thiel |first3=Martin |title=Nest-Building Behavior by the Amphipod Peramphithoe femorata (Krøyer) on the Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh From Northern-Central Chile |journal=The Biological Bulletin |date=June 2010 |volume=218 |issue=3 |pages=248–258 |doi=10.1086/BBLv218n3p248 |pmid=20570848 |s2cid=12067862 |hdl=10533/144364 |hdl-access=free }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Peart |first1=Rachael A. |last2=Lörz |first2=Anne-Nina |title=Ampithoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from New Zealand |journal=ZooKeys |date=26 January 2018 |issue=733 |pages=25–48 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.733.14052 |pmid=29416406 |pmc=5799742 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2018ZooK..733...25P }}

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Category:Corophiida
Category:Taxa described in 1871
Category:Amphipod families

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