Chiridotea
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Chiridotea is a genus of isopod
crustacean
s in the family Chaetiliidae
, containing the following species:
Isopoda
Isopods are an order of peracarid crustaceans, including familiar animals such as woodlice and pill bugs. The name Isopoda derives from the Greek roots and...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s in the family Chaetiliidae
Chaetiliidae
Chaetiliidae is a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Valvifera, comprising the following genera:*Austrochaetilia Poore, 1978*Chaetilia Dana, 1849*Chiridotea Harger, 1878*Chiriscus Richardson, 1911*Glyptonotus Eights, 1852...
, containing the following species:
- Chiridotea almyra Bowman, 1955
- Chiridotea arenicola Wigley, 1960
- Chiridotea coeca (Say, 1818)
- Chiridotea excavata Harper, 1974
- Chiridotea tuftsii (Stimpson, 1853)