| Ochlesidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Parvorder: | Amphilochidira |
| Superfamily: | Iphimedioidea |
| Family: | Ochlesidae Stebbing, 1910 |
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Ochlesidae is a family of amphipods. They are very small, often less than 1.5 millimetres (0.06 in) long, and are found mainly in tropical and subtropical areas of the Southern Hemisphere.[1] The family Odiidae has sometimes been subsumed into Ochlesidae.[1]
Four genera are included in the family:[1]
- Curidia Thomas, 1983
- Meraldia Barnard & Karaman, 1987
- Ochlesis Stebbing, 1910
- Ochlesodius Ledoyer, 1982
- ^ a b c C. Oliver Coleman & James K. Lowry (2006). "Revision of the Ochlesidae sensu stricto, including five new Australian species (Crustacea: Amphipoda)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 6 (Electr. Suppl. 4): 1–57. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2005.06.001.