Valvifera
| Valvifera | |
|---|---|
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| Glyptonotus antarcticus (Chaetiliidae) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Valvifera Sars, 1882 |
The Valvifera are marine isopod crustaceans. Valviferans are distinguished, however, by the flat, valve-like uropods which hinge laterally and fold inward beneath the rear part of their bodies, covering the pleopods.[1] Some species are omnivorous, and serve as effective scavengers in the economy of the sea. Eleven families are recognised:[2]
- Antarcturidae Poore, 2001 (17 genera)
- Arcturidae Dana, 1849 (14 genera)
- Arcturididae Poore, 2001 (one genus)
- Austrarcturellidae Poore & Bardsley, 1992 (five genera)
- Chaetiliidae Dana, 1849 (13 genera)
- Holidoteidae Wägele, 1989 (three genera)
- Holognathidae Thomson, 1904 (five genera)
- Idoteidae Samouelle, 1819 (22 genera)
- Pseudidotheidae Ohlin, 1901 (one genus)
- Rectarcturidae Poore, 2001 (one genus)
- Xenarcturidae Sheppard, 1957 (one genus)
References
- ↑ J. K. Lowry (1999). "Valvifera (Isopoda, Peracarida, Malacostraca)". Crustacea, the Higher Taxa: Description, Identification, and Information Retrieval. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
- ↑ WoRMS (2012). M. Schotte, C. B. Boyko, N. L. Bruce, G. C. B. Poore, S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson, ed. "Valvifera". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
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