Chapter 6: Suborder Epicaridea

Gary C.B. Poore

Memoirs of Museum Victoria Vol 86 p. 1–8 (2026)

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2026.86.06

Abstract

Diagnoses and keys are provided for 15 families, 13 subfamilies and 265 genera of epicaridean isopods. Alaxphryxus Boyko and Williams is diagnosed as a new genus of Hemiarthrinae. The ecology and distribution of each taxon are discussed with citation of literature critical for further investigation and identification of species.

Citation

Boyko, C.B., and Williams, J.D. 2026. Chapter 6. Suborder Epicaridea. In: Poore, G.C.B. (ed.), Marine Crustacea Isopoda: guide to families and genera of the world. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 86: 229–354.