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Valvifera 
AphiaID: 13800

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order)
Authority Sars, 1882
Status accepted
Record
status
 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Suborder
Parent Isopoda
Sources  basis of record: 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]

Direct child
taxa
 Family Antarcturidae Poore, 2001
Family Arcturidae Dana, 1849
Family Arcturididae Poore, 2001
Family Austrarcturellidae Poore & Bardsley, 1992
Family Chaetiliidae Dana, 1849
Family Holidoteidae Wägele, 1989
Family Holognathidae Thomson, 1904
Family Idoteidae Samouelle, 1819
Family Pseudidotheidae Ohlin, 1901
Family Rectarcturidae Poore, 2001
Family Xenarcturidae Sheppard, 1957

Family Amesopodidae Stebbing, 1905 accepted as Arcturidae Dana, 1849
Family Astacillidae Stebbing, 1905 accepted as Arcturidae Dana, 1849
Family Idotheidae auctorum accepted as Idoteidae Samouelle, 1819
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:13800
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2005-05-02 12:40:44Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Valvifera. 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=13800 on 2013-05-25
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