Scutocoxifera

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited

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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

Other Common Names

Shield-sided Isopods

Explanation of Names

Scutocoxifera Dreyer & Wägele, 2002

Identification

Most members of this clade have their coxae forming plates fused to the underside of the body.(1) In Asellota all coxae are free as small rings around the base of the legs and in Microcerberidea some groups have the front 4 legs with ring-like coxae and the posterior 3 legs with plate-like coxae.

Remarks

The vast majority of isopods belong under this group. In terms of groups that people will likely encounter, all terrestrial and most marine species are part of this group, while most freshwater species (Asellotes) and some marine species (such as Jaera albifrons) are not.

Works Cited

1.	The Scutocoxifera tax. nov. and the information content of nuclear ssu rDNA sequences for reconstruction of isopod phylogeny ... Dreyer, H., & Wägele, J. W. 2002. Journal of Crustacean Biology.

Contributed by Sequoia Wrens on 5 June, 2022 - 3:19pm

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