Valvifera
Suborder of crustaceans
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The Valvifera are marine isopod crustaceans.[1] Valviferans are distinguished, however, by the flat, valve-like uropods which hinge laterally and fold inward beneath the rear part of their bodies, covering the pleopods.[2] Some species are omnivorous, and serve as effective scavengers in the economy of the sea.
| Valvifera | |
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| Glyptonotus antarcticus (Chaetiliidae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Valvifera Sars, 1882 |
Families
Twelve families are recognised:[1]
- Antarcturidae Poore, 2001 (17 genera)
- Arcturidae Dana, 1849 (14 genera)
- Arcturididae Poore, 2001 (one genus)
- Austrarcturellidae Poore & Bardsley, 1992 (five genera)
- Chaetiliidae Dana, 1849 (13 genera)
- Holidoteidae Wägele, 1989 (four genera)
- Holognathidae Thomson, 1904 (five genera)
- Idoteidae Samouelle, 1819 (24 genera)
- Pseudidotheidae Ohlin, 1901 (one genus)
- Rectarcturidae Poore, 2001 (four genera)
- Thermoarcturidae Poore, 2015 (three genera)
- Xenarcturidae Sheppard, 1957 (one genus)
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