Hyalidae

摘要

As a result of the Amphipod Lizard Island workshop (2005) three species of Hyalidae were found: two new species are described, Hyachelia lowryi sp. nov. and Lelehua myersi sp. nov. and Parhyale hawaiensis is recorded for the first time for Australia.Hyalidae Bulycheva, 1957 is part of the superfamily Talitroidea, which according to Serejo (2004) also includes three other families - Chiltoniidae J.L. Barnard, 1972, Dogielinotidae Gurjanova, 1953 and Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815. The family Hyalidae ispredominantly found among algae of tropical and subtropical zones inhabiting the intertidal and shallow infralittoral areas of the world. Bousfield & Hendrycks (2002) revised the hyalids, based on the North Pacific fauna and split the large Hyale Rathke, 1837 genus into five additional new genera, and created a further 13 new species. They considered the Hyalidae to include about 110 species distributed in 12 genera and three subfamilies. However, according to Serejo's (2004) classification, Hyalidae encompasses 11 genera in two subfamilies (Hyacheliinae Bousfield & Hendrycks, 2002 and Hyalinae Bulycheva, 1957).