''Chiridotea'' is a genus of
isopod
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...
s in the family
Chaetiliidae
The Chaetiliidae are a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Valvifera
The Valvifera are marine isopod crustaceans. Valviferans are distinguished, however, by the flat, valve-like uropods which hinge laterally and fold inward beneath ...
, containing the following species:
* ''
Chiridotea almyra
''Chiridotea'' is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Chaetiliidae
The Chaetiliidae are a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Valvifera
The Valvifera are marine isopod crustaceans. Valviferans are distinguished, however, ...
''
Bowman, 1955
* ''
Chiridotea arenicola
''Chiridotea'' is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Chaetiliidae, containing the following species:
* ''Chiridotea almyra
''Chiridotea'' is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Chaetiliidae
The Chaetiliidae are a family of ...
''
Wigley, 1960
* ''
Chiridotea coeca''
(Say, 1818)
* ''
Chiridotea excavata
''Chiridotea'' is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Chaetiliidae, containing the following species:
* ''Chiridotea almyra'' Bowman, 1955
* ''Chiridotea arenicola
''Chiridotea'' is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Chaetilii ...
''
Harper, 1974
* ''
Chiridotea tuftsii''
(Stimpson, 1853)
References
Valvifera
Isopod genera
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