Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Amphipoda
Subordo: Senticaudata
Infraordo: Talitrida
Superamilia: Hyaloidea
Familia: Chiltoniidae
Genera (9): Afrochiltonia – Arabunnachiltonia – Austrochiltonia – Chiltonia – Phreatochiltonia – Scutachiltonia – Stygochiltonia – Wangiannachiltonia – Yilgarniella
Name
Chiltoniidae Barnard, 1972
Type genus
Chiltonia Stebbing, 1899 [stem = Chiltoni-]
References
King, R.A. 2009: Two new genera and species of chiltoniid amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitroidea) from freshwater mound springs in South Australia. Zootaxa, 2293: 35–52. Abstract & excerpt
Webber, W.R. et al. 2010: [Chapter] EIGHT Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM CRUSTACEA shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. pp. 98–232 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
King, R.A. et al. 2012: Divergent molecular lineages and not-so-cryptic species: the first descriptions of stygobitic chiltoniid amphipods (Talitroidea: Chiltoniidae) from Western Australia. Journal of crustacean biology, 32(3): 465–488. abstract and pdf
Chiltoniidae is a family of amphipods, which contains the following genera:[1]
Afrochiltonia K. H. Barnard, 1955
Arabunnachiltonia King, 2009
Austrochiltonia Hurley, 1958
Chiltonia Stebbing, 1899
Phreatochiltonia Zeidler, 1991
Wangiannachiltonia King, 2009
References
J. Lowry (2009). "Chiltoniidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
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