Haustoriidae is a family of amphipods. They are very distinctive stout-bodied burrowing animals.[1]
Haustoriidae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Parvorder: | Haustoriidira |
Superfamily: | Haustorioidea |
Family: | Haustoriidae Stebbing, 1906 |
Genera | |
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The following genera are included in the family:[2]
- Acanthohaustorius Bousfield, 1965
- Cunicus
- Eohaustorius J. L. Barnard, 1957
- Haustorius P. L. St. Muller, 1775
- Lepidactylus Say, 1818
- Neohaustorius Bousfield, 1965
- Parahaustorius Bousfield, 1971
- Protohaustorius Bonsfield, 1965
- Pseudohaustorius Bousfield, 1965
References
edit- ^ J. D. Fish & Susan Fish (1996). "Arthropods". A student's guide to the seashore (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 329–412. ISBN 978-0-521-46819-0.
- ^ Claude De Broyer, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2010). J. Lowry (ed.). "Haustoriidae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 7, 2010.