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Tropichelura insulae<br />

Taxon: Amphipod<br />

Kingdom: Animalia<br />

Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Phylum: Arthropoda<br />

Subphylum: Crustacea Superclass: Class: Malacostraca<br />

Subclass: Eumalacostraca Infraclass: Superorder: Peracarida<br />

Order: Amphipoda Suborder: Corophiidea Infraorder: Corophiida<br />

Superfamily: Cheluroidea Family: Cheluridae Subfamily:<br />

Also Known As (Name - Type): Common Names:<br />

Chelura insulae Synonym<br />

Type Locality: Christmas Island, Indian Ocean<br />

Ecoregion-level distribution<br />

Master Classifications<br />

Date 1st record:<br />

Loc 1st record:<br />

Established:<br />

NWP<br />

Taxonomic Author: (Calman, 1910)<br />

Hawaii<br />

1924<br />

Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii<br />

Yes<br />

Species ID: 170037<br />

Print Date: 9/9/2012 9:56:38 PM<br />

VECTORS<br />

SH X MS AF ID RE AP REC SF HR<br />

BW SB HF S/R AE AA IR<br />

A P<br />

X<br />

AO PO<br />

Comments: Carlton and Eldredge (2009) regard the wood-boring Tropichelura insulae as an Indo-Pacific species.<br />

Accordingly, we classify the records in the Caribbean as introduced likely through wooden-hulled ships.<br />

NEP<br />

1046<br />

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