Alicellidae Explained

Alicellidae is a family of amphipod crustaceans, which live as scavengers in the deep sea (at depths of 706m-8480mm (2,316feet-27,820feetm)), often in association with hydrothermal vents.^[1] The family includes the following genera:^[2]

• Alicella Chevreux, 1899
• Apotectonia Barnard & Ingram, 1990
• Diatectonia Barnard & Ingram, 1990
• Paralicella Chevreux, 1908
• Tectovalopsis Barnard & Ingram, 1990
• Transtectonia Barnard & Ingram, 1990
• Civifractura

Notes and References

1. J. K. Lowry & C. de Broyer . 2008 . Alicellidae and Valettiopsidae, two new callynophorate families (Crustacea: Amphipoda) . . 1843 . 57–66 . PDF.
2. Claude De Broyer . 2010 . Alicellidae . Amphipoda . 468022 . January 10, 2012.