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Haustoriidae

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Haustoriidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Parvorder: Haustoriidira
Superfamily: Haustorioidea
Family: Haustoriidae
Stebbing, 1906
Genera

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Haustoriidae is a family of amphipods. They are very distinctive stout-bodied burrowing animals.[1]

The following genera are included in the family:[2]

References

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  1. ^ J. D. Fish & Susan Fish (1996). "Arthropods". A student's guide to the seashore (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 329–412. ISBN 978-0-521-46819-0.
  2. ^ Claude De Broyer, Mark Costello & Denise Bellan-Santini (2010). J. Lowry (ed.). "Haustoriidae". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 7, 2010.