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  Order Isopoda

Suborder Phreatoicidea

    Family Amphisopidae
    Family Hypsimetopidae
    Family Phreatoicidae
    Family Ponderellidae
    Family Mesamphisopidae
    Family Phreatoicopsidae

Taxon Information

The Suborder Phreatoicidea has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Phreatoicidea, [Afrotropical, Oriental, Australasian; 100 species in 31 genera worldwide] (Wilson, 2008).

Bibliography

• Wilson, G.D.F. 2008. Global diversity of isopod crustaceans (Crustacea; Isopoda) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 231-240. [Available online]

Web Pages

• Wikipedia
• World Register of Marine Species