Phreatoicidea
Phreatoicidea is a suborder of isopod crustaceans. Extant species are confined to freshwater environments in South Africa, India, and Oceania. This seemingly Gondwana-derived distribution belies the fact that the group once had a cosmopolitan distribution; fossils which can be assigned to the Phreatoicidea are the oldest isopod fossils, and are found throughout the world. In the intervening 325 million years, phreatoicideans have changed little, and are thus considered living fossils.
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Phreatoicidea
Phreatoicidea is a suborder of isopod crustaceans. Extant species are confined to freshwater environments in South Africa, India, and Oceania. This seemingly Gondwana-derived distribution belies the fact that the group once had a cosmopolitan distribution; fossils which can be assigned to the Phreatoicidea are the oldest isopod fossils, and are found throughout the world. In the intervening 325 million years, phreatoicideans have changed little, and are thus considered living fossils.
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Phreatoicidea is a suborder of ...... Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
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Eophreatoicus, a freshwater isopod from Kakadu National Park, Australia
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*Amphisopodidae
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*Phreatoicidae
*Ponderellidae
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Stebbing, 1893
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Phreatoicidea is a suborder of ...... hus considered living fossils.
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Phreatoicidea
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