Biology:Edriophthalma

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Short description: Class of crustaceans

Edriophthalma is a disused peracarid (Malacostraca) classification comprising Isopoda and Amphipoda, first proposed by William Elford Leach in 1815.[1] They have several common features, such as the fact that they both lack a carapace, possess sessile compound eyes, and thoracic coxae fused to their pleurites. Some molecular studies have shown that these are not related.[2] The group has also been known as Acaridea[3] and Arthrostraca.[4]

References

  1. Frederick Schram (1986). Crustacea. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-503742-1. 
  2. K. Meland; E. Willassen (2007). "The disunity of "Mysidacea" (Crustacea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44 (3): 1083–1104. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.009. PMID 17398121. 
  3. Thomas E. Bowman; Susan P. Garner; Robert R. Hessler; Thomas M. Iliffe; Howard L. Sanders (1985). "Mictacea, a new order of Crustacea Peracarida". Journal of Crustacean Biology 5 (1): 74–78. doi:10.2307/1548221. http://www.tamug.edu/cavebiology/reprints/Reprint-22.pdf. 
  4. M. A. Wills (1998). "A phylogeny of recent and fossil Crustacea derived from morphological characters". Arthropod Relationships. Systematics Association Series. 55. Springer. pp. 189–210. ISBN 978-0-412-75420-3.