Corophiidira Explained

Corophiidira is a parvorder of marine amphipod crustaceans in the infraorder Corophiida. In a previous classification, this taxon was treated as an infraorder and was then itself called Corophiida.

Families

The group contains six families classified into four superfamilies.^[1]

• Superfamily Aoroidea Stebbing, 1899
  • Aoridae Stebbing, 1899
  • Unciolidae Myers & Lowry, 2003
• Superfamily Cheluroidea Allman, 1847
  • Cheluridae Allman, 1847
• Superfamily Chevalioidea Myers & Lowry, 2003
  • Chevaliidae Myers & Lowry, 2003
• Superfamily Corophioidea Leach, 1814
  • Ampithoidae Boeck, 1871
  • Corophiidae Leach, 1814

Notes and References

1. A. A. Myers & J. K. Lowry. 2003. A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda). . 23 . 2 . 443–485 . 10.1651/0278-0372(2003)023[0443:APAANC]2.0.CO;2 . 1549648.