Chiltoniidae
Encyclopedia
Chiltoniidae is a family
of amphipods
, which contains the following genera:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of amphipods
Amphipoda
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. The name amphipoda means "different-footed", and refers to the different forms of appendages, unlike isopods, where all the legs are alike. Of the 7,000 species, 5,500 are classified...
, which contains the following genera:
- Afrochiltonia K. H. Barnard, 1955
- Arabunnachiltonia King, 2009
- Austrochiltonia Hurley, 1958
- ChiltoniaChiltoniaChiltonia is a genus of amphipod crustaceans endemic to New Zealand. They were first discovered by Charles Chilton in 1898 and the genus Chiltonia was erected the following year by T. R. R. Stebbing in Chilton's honour.-Chiltonia mihiwaka:C...
Stebbing, 1899 - Phreatochiltonia Zeidler, 1991
- Wangiannachiltonia King, 2009