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

Cheluridae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Parvorder: Corophiidira
Superfamily: Cheluroidea
Family: Cheluridae
Allman, 1847
Genera

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At least three genera are included:[2]

References

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