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Janiridae Sars, 1897 
AphiaID: 118258

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Asellota (Suborder) > Janiroidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Janiroidea
Synonymised
taxa
  Jaeridae Sars, 1897
Sources  additional source: Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA., available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ [details]

additional source: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Wilson, G.D.F. (1994). A phylogenetic analysis of the isopod family Janiridae (Crustacea). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8(3) 749 - 766. [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

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 Genus Austrofilius Hodgson, 1910
Genus Caecianiropsis Menzies & Pettit, 1956
Genus Caecijaera Menzies, 1951
Genus Carpias Richardson, 1902
Genus Ectias Richardson, 1906
Genus Hawaianira Miller, 1967
Genus Heterias Richardson, 1904
Genus Iais Bovallius, 1886
Genus Ianiropsis Sars, 1897
Genus Ianisera Kensley, 1976
Genus Iathrippa Bovallius, 1886
Genus Iolella Richardson, 1905
Genus Jaera Leach, 1814
Genus Janaira Moreira & Pires, 1977
Genus Janira Leach, 1814
Genus Janiralata Menzies, 1951
Genus Janthura Wolff, 1962
Genus Mackinia Matsumoto, 1956
Genus Microjaera Bocquet & Levi, 1955
Genus Microjanira Schiecke & Fresi, 1970
Genus Neojaera Nordenstam, 1933
Genus Protocharon Chappuis, Delamare-Deboutteville & Paulian, 1956
Genus Rostrobagatus Mueller, 1993G
Genus Trogloianiropsis Jaume, 1995

Genus Notasellus Pfeffer, 1887 accepted as Iathrippa Bovallius, 1886
Environment marine
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118258
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2005-05-02 12:40:44Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2007-11-27 17:31:00Z  checked  Schotte, Marilyn
2008-01-14 21:28:17Z  changed  Wilson, George D.F.
  
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  Citation: Wilson, George D.F. ; Schotte, M. (2013). Janiridae. In: Schotte, M., Boyko, C.B, Bruce, N.L., Poore, G.C.B., Taiti, S., Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2013). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118258 on 2013-05-19
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