Urothoidae

Urothoidae is a family of small marine amphipod crustaceans. Members of the family are found worldwide and are mainly detritivores and interface grazers, though some are also facultative filter feeders.[2]

Urothoidae
Urothoe brevicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Superfamily: Haustorioidea
Family: Urothoidae
Bousfield, 1978
Genera[1]

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Genera

  • Carangolia J.L. Barnard, 1961
  • Carangolioides Sittrop, Serejo, Souza-Filho & Senna, 2015
  • Coronaurothoe Sittrop, Serejo, Souza-Filho & Senna, 2015
  • Cunicus Griffiths, 1974
  • Urothoe Dana, 1852
  • Urothoides Stebbing, 1891

References


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