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Phreatoicidae
Phreatoicidae is a family (biology), family of blind, freshwater isopods. They have survived apparently unchanged for 350 million years, and are only found in South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand. They were first found near Christchurch in 1882 by Charles Chilton (zoologist), Charles Chilton. The family Phreatoicidae now contains 13 genera: *''Colacanthotelson'' Nicholls, 1944 *''Colubotelson'' Nicholls, 1944 *''Crenoicus'' Nicholls, 1944 *''Gariwerdeus'' Wilson & Keable, 2002 *''Mesacanthotelson'' Nicholls, 1944 *''Metaphreatoicus'' Nicholls, 1944 *''Naiopegia'' Wilson & Keable, 2002 *''Neophreatoicus'' Nicholls, 1944 *''Notamphisopus'' Nicholls, 1944 *''Onchotelson'' Nicholls, 1944 *''Paraphreatoicus'' Nicholls, 1944 *''Phreatoicus'' Chilton, 1883 *''Uramphisopus'' Nicholls, 1943 References External links * Isopoda Crustacean families {{isopod-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onchotelson
''Onchotelson'' is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Phreatoicidae, which is endemic to Tasmania. It contains two species, both of which are listed as Vulnerable species, vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: *''Onchotelson brevicaudatus'' (Smith, 1909) *''Onchotelson spatulatus'' Nicholls, 1944 References Isopod genera Freshwater crustaceans of Australia Invertebrates of Tasmania Endemic fauna of Australia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{isopod-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uramphisopus
''Uramphisopus pearsoni'' is a species of isopod crustaceans in the family Phreatoicidae Phreatoicidae is a family (biology), family of blind, freshwater isopods. They have survived apparently unchanged for 350 million years, and are only found in South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand. They were first found near Christchurch .... It is only found in Brandum Bay basin in the north of Great Lake, Tasmania. References Isopod genera Freshwater crustaceans of Australia Vulnerable fauna of Australia Endemic fauna of Tasmania Invertebrates of Tasmania Monotypic crustacean genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{isopod-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |