Phreatoicidae

Phreatoicidae
	, a freshwater isopod from Kakadu National Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Phreatoicidea
Family:	Phreatoicidae; Chilton, 1891

Phreatoicidae is a 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.^[2] The family Phreatoicidae now contains 13 genera:^[3]

Nicholls, 1944
Nicholls, 1944
Nicholls, 1944
Wilson & Keable, 2002
Nicholls, 1944
Nicholls, 1944
Wilson & Keable, 2002
Nicholls, 1944
Nicholls, 1944
Onchotelson Nicholls, 1944
Nicholls, 1944
Chilton, 1883
Uramphisopus Nicholls, 1943

References[]

^ "Phreatoicidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
^ "Ancient creatures re-discovered thriving in southern New Zealand". NIWA. October 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
^ Marilyn Schotte (2009). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti; G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Phreatoicidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 11, 2010.

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[1] "Phreatoicidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[2] "Ancient creatures re-discovered thriving in southern New Zealand". NIWA. October 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2010.

[3] Marilyn Schotte (2009). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti; G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Phreatoicidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 11, 2010.

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