The Valvifera are marine isopod crustaceans.[1] Valviferans are distinguished, however, by the flat, valve-like uropods which hinge laterally and fold inward beneath the rear part of their bodies, covering the pleopods.[2] Some species are omnivorous, and serve as effective scavengers in the economy of the sea.
| Valvifera | |
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| Glyptonotus antarcticus (Chaetiliidae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Valvifera Sars, 1882 |
Families edit
Twelve families are recognised:[1]
- Antarcturidae Poore, 2001 (17 genera)
- Arcturidae Dana, 1849 (14 genera)
- Arcturididae Poore, 2001 (one genus)
- Austrarcturellidae Poore & Bardsley, 1992 (five genera)
- Chaetiliidae Dana, 1849 (13 genera)
- Holidoteidae Wägele, 1989 (four genera)
- Holognathidae Thomson, 1904 (five genera)
- Idoteidae Samouelle, 1819 (24 genera)
- Pseudidotheidae Ohlin, 1901 (one genus)
- Rectarcturidae Poore, 2001 (four genera)
- Thermoarcturidae Poore, 2015 (three genera)
- Xenarcturidae Sheppard, 1957 (one genus)
References edit
- ^ a b Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. (2023). "Valvifera". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ J. K. Lowry (2 October 1999). "Valvifera (Isopoda, Peracarida, Malacostraca)". Crustacea, the Higher Taxa: Description, Identification, and Information Retrieval. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
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