Cheluridae

Cheluridae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Parvorder: Corophiidira
Superfamily:
Family:
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

  1. ^ J. Laurens Barnard (1973). "Revision of Corophiidae and related families (Amphipoda)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 151: 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
  2. ^ J. Laurens Barnard (1959). "Generic partition in the amphipod family Cheluridae, marine wood borers" (PDF). Pacific Naturalist. 1 (3–4): 3–12.


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