Cyproidea excavata Myers, 2012
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cyproidea excavata Myers, 2012
- Name authority
- Myers, 2012
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Family
- Cyproideidae
- Genus
- Cyproidea
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumCrustacea
- classMalacostraca
- orderAmphipoda Latreille, 1816
- suborderAmphilochidea Lowry & Myers, 2017
- infraorderAmphilochida Lowry & Myers, 2017
- parvorderAmphilochidira Lowry & Myers, 2017
- superfamilyAmphilochoidea Boeck, 1871
- familyCyproideidae J.L. Barnard, 1974
- genusCyproidea Haswell, 1880
- speciesCyproidea excavata Myers, 2012
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cyproidea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cyproidea cobia Azman, 2009 | CyproideidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyproidea liodactyla Hirayama, 1978 | CyproideidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyproidea okinawensis Ariyama, 2016 | CyproideidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyproidea robusta Ren, 2006 | CyproideidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Myers, A. (2012). Amphipoda (Crustacea) from Palau, Micronesia: Families Ampeliscidae, Ampithoidae, Aoridae, Colomastigidae and Cyproideidae. ZooKeys, 193: 1–25. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.193.3109 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:33J8Z. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.