Chiltoniidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hyaloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Amphipoda Subordo: Senticaudata Infraordo: Talitrida Superamilia: Hyaloidea

Familia: Chiltoniidae
Genera (9): Afrochiltonia – Arabunnachiltonia – Austrochiltonia – Chiltonia – Phreatochiltonia – Scutachiltonia – Stygochiltonia – Wangiannachiltonia – Yilgarniella

Name

Chiltoniidae Barnard, 1972

Type genus

• Chiltonia Stebbing, 1899 [stem = Chiltoni-]

References

• King, R.A. 2009: Two new genera and species of chiltoniid amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitroidea) from freshwater mound springs in South Australia. Zootaxa, 2293: 35–52. Abstract & excerpt
• Webber, W.R. et al. 2010: [Chapter] EIGHT Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM CRUSTACEA shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. pp. 98–232 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
• King, R.A. et al. 2012: Divergent molecular lineages and not-so-cryptic species: the first descriptions of stygobitic chiltoniid amphipods (Talitroidea: Chiltoniidae) from Western Australia. Journal of crustacean biology, 32(3): 465–488. abstract and pdf

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