Biology:Urothoidae
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Short description: Family of crustaceans
| Urothoidae | |
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| Urothoe brevicornis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Superfamily: | Haustorioidea |
| Family: | Urothoidae Bousfield, 1978 |
| Genera[1] | |
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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]
Genera
- Cunicus Carangolia
- J.L. Barnard, 1961 Sittrop, Serejo, Souza-Filho & Senna, 2015
- Griffiths, 1974 Urothoe
- Coronaurothoe Dana, 1852
- Carangolioides Sittrop, Serejo, Souza-Filho & Senna, 2015
- Stebbing, 1891 Urothoides
References
Wikidata ☰ Q3934185 entry
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