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Flabellifera

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Suborder of crustaceans

Flabellifera
Eurydice affinis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Flabellifera
Sars, 1882 

Flabellifera is a former suborder of isopod crustaceans. It is a polyphyletic or paraphyletic group, and contained over 3000 species. Its members are now placed in the Sphaeromatidea and Cymothoida.

References

  1. "Flabellifera". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  2. J. K. Lowry (November 2, 1999). "Flabellifera". Crustacea: The Higher Taxa. Australian Museum. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  3. Richard Brusca, Vania R. Coelho & Stefano Taiti. "Suborder Flabellifera". Guide to the Coastal Marine Isopods of California. Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
  4. Angelika Brandt & Gary C. B. Poore (2003). "Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships". Invertebrate Systematics. 17 (6): 893–923. doi:10.1071/IS02032.
Taxon identifiers
Flabellifera


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