Cheluridae

Cheluridae is a family of amphipods.[1] It is the only family classified under the superfamily Cheluroidea.

Cheluridae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Parvorder: Corophiidira
Superfamily: Cheluroidea
Family: Cheluridae
Allman, 1847
Genera

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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.
  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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