Valvifera
| Valvifera | |
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| Glyptonotus antarcticus (Chaetiliidae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| 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.
- ^ Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. (2012). "Valvifera". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
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