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Phreatoicidae
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Phreatoicidae

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. The family Phreatoicidae now contains 13 genera:

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first

Onchotelson

genusOnchotelson

Uramphisopus

genusUramphisopus

Naiopegia

genusNaiopegia

Gariwerdeus

genusGariwerdeus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85987.