Haustoriidae

Haustoriidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Parvorder: Haustoriidira
Superfamily: Haustorioidea
Family: Haustoriidae
Stebbing, 1906
Genera

See text.

Haustoriidae is a family of amphipods. They are very distinctive stout-bodied burrowing animals.[1]

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.


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