Cheluridae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Amphipoda
Subordo: Corophiidea
Infraordo: Corophiida
Superfamilia: Cheluroidea
Familia: Cheluridae
Genera: Chelura - Nippochelura - Tropichelura
References

Coleman, C.O.; Renz, A. 2009: Cheluridae. Pp. 339-343 in Lowry, J.K.; Myers, A.A. (eds.) Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef. Zootaxa, 2260: 1–930. Abstract & excerpt PDF

Cheluridae is a family of amphipods.[1] It is the only family classified under the superfamily Cheluroidea.

At least three genera are included:[2]

Chelura Phillippi, 1839
Nippochelura Barnard, 1959
Tropichelura Barnard, 1959

References

J. Laurens Barnard (1973). "Revision of Corophiidae and related families (Amphipoda)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 151: 27.
J. Laurens Barnard (1959). "Generic partition in the amphipod family Cheluridae, marine wood borers" (PDF). Pacific Naturalist. 1 (3–4): 3–12.