Corophiidira

Corophiidira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Senticaudata
Infraorder: Corophiida
Parvorder: Corophiidira
Leach, 1814 (sensu Lowry & Myers, 2013)[1]
Families

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Synonyms
  • Corophiida Leach, 1814 (sensu Myers & Lowry, 2003)

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

The group contains six families classified into four superfamilies.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Horton, T. (2013) Corophiidira Leach, 1814 (sensu Lowry & Myers, 2013) WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species) read 1 Feb 2014
  2. 1 2 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. JSTOR 1549648. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2003)023[0443:APAANC]2.0.CO;2.


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