Ampeliscidae Costa, 1857

Kaim-Malka, R. A., Bellan-Santini, D. & Dauvin, C., 2016, On some Haploops species collected in the North Atlantic Ocean with the description of Haploops islandica n. sp. (Crustacea: Gammaridea: Ampeliscidae) [Contribution to the knowledge of the Haploops genus. 8.], Zootaxa 4179 (1) : -

Family Ampeliscidae Costa, 1857

Diagnosis. Head very large. Eyes when present composed of internal pigment masses served by 2–4 external cuticular lenses. Accessory flagellum absent. Gnathopods feeble. Article 4 of pereopods 3–4 elongate, article 6 much shorter than 4 and article 5 much shorter than 6, these pereopods glandular. Pereopods 5–6 alike but pereopod 7 of distinct structure, article 2 with distinct, usually broad posteroventral lobe, article 2 of pereopods 5– 6 rhomboid or diamond shaped and poorly lobed. Urosomites 2–3 coalesced. Uropod 3 biramous. Telson laminar ( Barnard & Karaman, 1991).