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Phreatoicidea
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Eophreatoicus, a freshwater isopod from Kakadu National Park, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Phreatoicidea
Stebbing, 1893 [1]
Families

Phreatoicidea is a suborderofisopod crustaceans. Extant species are confined to freshwater environments in South Africa, India, and Oceania.[2] This seemingly Gondwana-derived distribution belies the fact that the group once had a cosmopolitan distribution; fossils which can be assigned to the Phreatoicidea are the oldest isopod fossils, and are found throughout the world.[3][4] In the intervening 325 million years, phreatoicideans have changed little, and are thus considered living fossils.[5]

The first Australian phreatoicidean was described by Charles Chilton in 1891.[5] Two families are represented in Australia: Amphisopodidae in the interior of Australia, and in the west, and PhreatoicidaeinNew South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Phreatoicidea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • ^ J. K. Lowry. "Phreatoicidea (Isopoda, Peracarida, Malacostraca)". Crustacea: The Higher Taxa. Australian Museum. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
  • ^ Richard Brusca (August 6, 1997). "Isopoda". Tree of Life Web Project.
  • ^ Frederick R. Schram (1970). "Isopod from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois". Science. 169 (3948): 854–855. Bibcode:1970Sci...169..854S. doi:10.1126/science.169.3948.854. PMID 5432581.
  • ^ a b Buz Wilson. "About phreatoicidean isopods in Australia". University of Sydney. Archived from the original on September 8, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
  • ^ Buz Wilson. "Localities of Australian Phreatoicidea". University of Sydney. Archived from the original on October 8, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
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