Corophiidea

Corophiidea
Corophiidea
Pariambus typicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropod
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Corophiidea
Leach, 1814
Infraorders
  • Caprellida
  • Corophiida

Corophiidea is a suborder of amphipods, containing the two suborders Caprellida (skeleton shrimp and whale lice) and Corophiida.[1] It was re-established in 2003 by Myers and Lowry, to contain the taxa previously treated as the suborder Caprellida, together with some families formerly placed in the suborder Gammaridea.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Claude De Broyer (2010). "Corophiidea". In J. Lowry. World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236815. Retrieved April 9, 2011. 
  2. ^ Sara E. LeCroy, Rebeca Gasca, Ignacio Winfield, Manuel Ortiz & Elva Escobar-Briones (2009). "Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico". In Darryl L. Felder, Sylvia A. Earle. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 942–972. ISBN 9781603440943. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&pg=PA942. 
  3. ^ A. A. Myers & J. K. Lowry (2003). "A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda)". Journal of Crustacean Biology 23 (2): 443–485. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2003)023[0443:APAANC]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1549648. 

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