Chaetiliidae
Encyclopedia
Chaetiliidae is a family of isopod
crustacean
s in the suborder Valvifera
, comprising the following genera:
Isopoda
Isopods are an order of peracarid crustaceans, including familiar animals such as woodlice and pill bugs. The name Isopoda derives from the Greek roots and...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s in the suborder Valvifera
Valvifera
Members of the suborder Valvifera are marine isopod crustaceans resembling woodlice. Valviferans are distinguished, however, by the flat, valve-like uropods which hinge laterally and fold inward beneath the rear part of the body, covering the pleopods...
, comprising the following genera:
- Austrochaetilia Poore, 1978
- Chaetilia Dana, 1849
- ChiridoteaChiridoteaChiridotea is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Chaetiliidae, containing the following species:* Chiridotea almyra Bowman, 1955* Chiridotea arenicola Wigley, 1960* Chiridotea coeca * Chiridotea excavata Harper, 1974...
Harger, 1878 - Chiriscus Richardson, 1911
- Glyptonotus Eights, 1852
- Macrochiridothea Ohlin, 1901
- Maoridotea Jones & Fenwick, 1978
- Parachiridotea Daguerre de Hureaux & Elkaïm, 1972
- † Proidotea Racovitza & Sevastos, 1910
- SaduriaSaduriaSaduria is a genus of benthic isopod crustaceans in the family Chaetiliidae, containing the following species:* Saduria entomon * Saduria megalura * Saduria sabini...
Adams, 1852 - Saduriella Holthuis, 1964
- Stegidotea Poore, 1985
- Symmius Richardson, 1904
External links
- Chaetiliidae Dana, 1849, Australian Isopoda: Families