- Valvifera
Taxobox
name = Valvifera
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum = Crustacea
classis =Malacostraca
ordo =Isopoda
subordo = Valvifera
subordo_authority = Latreille, 1802
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =Antarcturidae Arcturidae Arcturididae Austrarcturellidae Chaetiliidae Holidoteidae Holognathidae Idoteidae Pseudidotheidae Rectarcturidae Xenarcturidae Members of the suborder Valvifera are crustaceans resembling
woodlice . Valviferans are distinguished, however, by the flat, valve-likeuropod s which hinge laterally and fold inward beneath the rear part of the body, covering thepleopod s. Members of this group are almost exclusively marine. Some species areomnivorous , and serve as effectivescavenger s in the economy of the sea.ee also
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Sand isopod
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