''Haustorius'' is a genus of
amphipod
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 9,900 amphipod species so far descr ...
s in the family
Haustoriidae
Haustoriidae is a family (biology), family of Amphipoda, amphipods. They are very distinctive stout-bodied burrowing animals.
The following genera are included in the family:
*''Acanthohaustorius'' Bousfield, 1965
*''Cunicus''
*''Eohaustorius'' ...
. There are about six described species in ''Haustorius''.
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Species
These six species belong to the genus ''Haustorius'':
* '' Haustorius algeriensis'' Mulot, 1968
* '' Haustorius arenarius'' (Slabber, 1769)
* '' Haustorius canadensis'' Bousfield, 1962
* '' Haustorius jayneae'' Foster & LeCroy, 1991
* '' Haustorius mexicanus'' Ortiz, Cházaro-Olvera & Winfield, 2001
* '' Haustorius orientalis'' Bellan-Santini, 2005
References
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Gammaridea
Amphipod genera
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