Corophiidira
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Suborder: | Senticaudata |
| Infraorder: | Corophiida |
| Parvorder: | Corophiidira Leach, 1814 (sensu Lowry & Myers, 2013)[1] |
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Corophiidira is a parvorder of marine amphipod crustaceans in the infraorder Corophiida.[1] In a previous classification, this taxon was treated as an infraorder and was then itself called Corophiida.[2]
Families
[edit]The group contains six families classified into four superfamilies.[1][2]
- Superfamily Aoroidea Stebbing, 1899
- Aoridae Stebbing, 1899
- Unciolidae Myers & Lowry, 2003
- Superfamily Cheluroidea Allman, 1847
- Cheluridae Allman, 1847
- Superfamily Chevalioidea Myers & Lowry, 2003
- Chevaliidae Myers & Lowry, 2003
- Superfamily Corophioidea Leach, 1814
- Ampithoidae Boeck, 1871
- Corophiidae Leach, 1814
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Horton, T. (2013) Corophiidira Leach, 1814 (sensu Lowry & Myers, 2013) WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species) read 1 Feb 2014
- ^ a b A. A. Myers & J. K. Lowry (2003). "A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 23 (2): 443–485. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2003)023[0443:APAANC]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1549648.
External links
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Media related to Corophiidira at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Corophiida at Wikispecies
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