Chapter 10: Suborder Valvifera

Gary C.B. Poore

Memoirs of Museum Victoria Vol 86 p. 433–476 (2026)

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2026.86.01

Abstract

Diagnoses and illustrated keys are provided for 12 families and 90 genera of marine isopods of the suborder Valvifera. The ecology and distribution of each taxon are discussed with citation of literature critical for further investigation.

Citation

Poore, G.C.B. 2026. Chapter 10. Suborder Valvifera. In: Poore, G.C.B. (ed.) Marine Crustacea Isopoda: guide to families and genera of the world. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 86: 433–476.