Biology:Urothoidae
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Short description: Family of crustaceans
Urothoidae | |
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Urothoe brevicornis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urothoidae.
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