Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Hyperiidea > Infraorder Physocephalata > Parvorder Physocephalatidira

Platysceloidea Spence Bate, 1863

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Superfamily group names

*Lycaeopsoidea*	Chevreux, 1913	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Amphithyridae Zeidler, 2016
Brachyscelidae Stephensen, 1923
Eupronoidae Zeidler, 2016
Lycaeidae Claus, 1879
Lycaeopsidae Chevreux, 1913
Oxycephalidae Spence Bate, 1863
Parascelidae Bovallius, 1887
Platyscelidae Spence Bate, 1863
Pronoidae Dana, 1852
Thamneidae Zeidler, 2016
Tryphanidae Boeck, 1871

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オリタタミヒゲ上科

Literature

basis of record	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Bowman, T. E.; Gruner, H. E. (1973). The families and genera of Hyperiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. (146): 1-64.
additional source	Zeidler, W. (2016). A review of the families and genera of the superfamily Platysceloidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea), together with keys to the families, genera and species. Zootaxa. 4192(1): 1.
additional source	Bate, C. S. (1863). Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum Natural History: London. i-iv + 1-399, pls. 1-58.
status source	Lowry, J.; Myers, A. (2017). A Phylogeny and Classification of the Amphipoda with the establishment of the new order Ingolfiellida (Crustacea: Peracarida). Zootaxa. 4265(1): 1-89.
identification resource	Vinogradov M.E., Volkov A.F. & Semenova T.N. (1996). Hyperiid amphipods (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea) of the world oceans. Science Publishers, Inc., Lebanon, NH, 632 pp.

Genbank

Citation

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. Platysceloidea Spence Bate, 1863. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155698