{{Short description|Family of crustaceans}} {{Automatic Taxobox | name = Podoceridae | image = Podocerus cristatus 110062992.jpg | image_caption = ''Podocerus cristatus'' | taxon = Podoceridae | authority = Leach, 1814 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text. }}
'''''Podoceridae''''' is a family of amphipods. One species, ''Pocoderus cristatus'', is known for mimicking the appearance of certain nudibranchs: ''Coryphella trilineata'', ''Flabellinopsis iodinea'', ''Flabellina bertschi'', and ''Noumeaella rubrofasciata''.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=2020 |title=''Podocerus cristatus'' Nudibranch-mimicking amphipod |url=https://www.reeflex.net/tiere/12271_Podocerus_cristatus.htm |website=reflex.net |location=Germany |publisher=Anker & Meehr [Anchor & More] |access-date=15 Feb 2025}}</ref>
==Genera== ''Pocoderidae'' comprises eight genera:<ref>{{cite web |author=Claude De Broyer, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini |year=2010 |title=Podoceridae |editor=J. Lowry |work=World Amphipoda database |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101405 |accessdate=February 27, 2011}}</ref> *''Cyrtophium'' <small>Dana, 1852</small> *''Laetmatophilus'' <small>Bruzelius, 1859</small> *''Leipsuropus'' <small>Stebbing, 1899</small> *''Neoxenodice'' <small>Schellenberg, 1926</small> *''Parunciola'' <small>Chevreux, 1911</small> *''Podobothrus'' <small>Barnard & Clark, 1985</small> *''Podocerus'' <small>Leach, 1814</small> *''Xenodice'' <small>Boeck, 1871</small>
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Category:Corophiida Category:Amphipod families
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