Cheluridae
Appearance
Cheluridae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Parvorder: | Corophiidira |
Superfamily: | Cheluroidea |
Family: | Cheluridae Allman, 1847 |
Genera | |
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Cheluridae is a family of amphipods.[1] It is the only family classified under the superfamily Cheluroidea.
At least three genera are included:[2]
- Chelura Phillippi, 1839
- Nippochelura Barnard, 1959
- Tropichelura Barnard, 1959
References
[edit]- ^ J. Laurens Barnard (1973). "Revision of Corophiidae and related families (Amphipoda)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 151: 27.
- ^ J. Laurens Barnard (1959). "Generic partition in the amphipod family Cheluridae, marine wood borers" (PDF). Pacific Naturalist. 1 (3–4): 3–12.