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Cheluridae

Cheluridae is a family of amphipods. It is the only family classified under the superfamily Cheluroidea.

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Cheluridae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Parvorder: Corophiidira
Superfamily: Cheluroidea
Family: Cheluridae
Allman, 1847
Genera

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Cheluridae is a family of amphipods.1 It is the only family classified under the superfamily Cheluroidea.

At least three genera are included:2

  • Chelura Phillippi, 1839
  • Nippochelura Barnard, 1959
  • Tropichelura Barnard, 1959
References

References

  1. J. Laurens Barnard (1973). "Revision of Corophiidae and related families (Amphipoda)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 151: 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
  2. J. Laurens Barnard (1959). "Generic partition in the amphipod family Cheluridae, marine wood borers" (PDF). Pacific Naturalist. 1 (3–4): 3–12.