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Family Chaetiliidae

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
Superorder Peracarida (Marsupial Crustaceans)
Order Isopoda (Isopods)
No Taxon (Scutocoxifera)
Suborder Valvifera (Valve-tailed Isopods)
Family Chaetiliidae
Numbers
2 genera with 9 species in our area
Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 30 September, 2014 - 7:47pm
Additional contributions by Astrobirder
Last updated 20 August, 2021 - 9:00pm

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