Deep-Sea taxon details
Uristidae Hurley, 1963
176808 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:176808)
accepted
Family
- Genus Abyssorchomene De Broyer, 1984
- Genus Anonyx Krøyer, 1838
- Genus Caeconyx Barnard & Karaman, 1991
- Genus Centromedon G.O. Sars, 1891
- Genus Des Lowry & Kilgallen, 2014
- Genus Euonyx Norman, 1867
- Genus Galathella Barnard & Karaman, 1987
- Genus Ichnopus A. Costa, 1853
- Genus Koroga Holmes, 1908
- Genus Liuiuristis Wang & Sha, 2024
- Genus Menigrates Boeck, 1871
- Genus Nagada Lowry & Stoddart, 1995
- Genus Onisimus Boeck, 1871
- Genus Parschisturella Andres, 1983
- Genus Reniuristis Wang & Sha, 2026
- Genus Stephonyx Lowry & Stoddart, 1989
- Genus Tmetonyx Stebbing, 1906
- Genus Uristes Dana, 1849
- Genus Ventiella Barnard & Ingram, 1990
- Genus Onesimus Boeck, 1876 accepted as Onisimus Boeck, 1871 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
- Genus Uristidae incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hurley D.E. (1963). Amphipoda of the family Lysianassidae from the west coast of North and Central America. Allan Hancock Foundation Publications, Occasional Paper, 25, pp. 1-160;49 figs. [details] Available for editors 
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Uristidae Hurley, 1963. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=176808 on 2026-07-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Uristidae Hurley, 1963. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=176808 on 2026-07-15
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Hurley D.E. (1963). Amphipoda of the family Lysianassidae from the west coast of North and Central America. Allan Hancock Foundation Publications, Occasional Paper, 25, pp. 1-160;49 figs. [details] Available for editors
context source (WoRCS) Navarro-Barranco, C.; Martínez, A.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Chebaane, S.; Digenis, M.; Plaitis, W.; Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2023). Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(12): 1180., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/12/1180 [details] Available for editors
basis of record De Broyer, C.; Lowry, J.K.; Jazdzewski, K. & Robert, H. (2007). Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.). Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Vol. I. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie.</em> 77, suppl. 1: 1-325. [details]
additional source Lowry, J. K.; Kilgallen, N. M. (2014). A generic review of the lysianassoid family Uristidae and descriptions of new taxa from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3867(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3867.1.1 [details] Available for editors
context source (WoRCS) Navarro-Barranco, C.; Martínez, A.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Chebaane, S.; Digenis, M.; Plaitis, W.; Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2023). Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(12): 1180., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/12/1180 [details] Available for editors
basis of record De Broyer, C.; Lowry, J.K.; Jazdzewski, K. & Robert, H. (2007). Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.). Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Vol. I. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie.</em> 77, suppl. 1: 1-325. [details]
additional source Lowry, J. K.; Kilgallen, N. M. (2014). A generic review of the lysianassoid family Uristidae and descriptions of new taxa from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3867(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3867.1.1 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
