Urothoidae

Urothoidae
Urothoe brevicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Suborder: Gammaridea
Family: Urothoidae
Bousfield, 1978
Genera

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Urothoidae is a family of small marine amphipod crustaceans. Members of the family are found worldwide and are mainly detritivores and interface grazers, though some are also facultative filter feeders.[1]

Genera

  • Carangolia J.L. Barnard, 1961
  • Cunicus Griffiths, 1974
  • Pseudurothoe Ledoyer, 1986
  • Urothoe Dana, 1852
  • Urothoides Stebbing, 1891b
  • Urothopsis Ledoyer, 1967 [2]

References


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