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Valvetails
Valvifera
The Valvifera are marine isopod crustaceans. Valviferans are distinguished, however, by the flat, valve-like uropods which hinge laterally and fold inward beneath the rear part of their bodies, covering the pleopods. Some species are omnivorous, and serve as effective scavengers in the economy of the sea. Eleven families are recognised:
12 branches of this suborder, most-observed first
Common Valvetails
familyIdoteidae
Chaetiliidae
familyChaetiliidae
Arcturidae
familyArcturidae
Tubesquatters
familyHolognathidae
Antarcturidae
familyAntarcturidae
Rectarcturidae
familyRectarcturidae
Thermoarcturidae
familyThermoarcturidae
Arcturididae
familyArcturididae
Austrarcturellidae
familyAustrarcturellidae
Holidoteidae
familyHolidoteidae
Pseudidotheidae
familyPseudidotheidae
Xenarcturidae
familyXenarcturidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 343778.