Chathamiidae is a family of case making caddisflies more commonly known as the marine caddisflies. Chathamiids are unique among insects in their invasion of the tide pool environment. Larvae construct their cases of coralline algae. The four described species are distributed along the coasts of New Zealand, New South Wales, and the Chatham Islands.
chathamiidae, family, case, making, caddisflies, more, commonly, known, marine, caddisflies, chathamiids, unique, among, insects, their, invasion, tide, pool, environment, larvae, construct, their, cases, coralline, algae, four, described, species, distributed. Chathamiidae is a family of case making caddisflies more commonly known as the marine caddisflies Chathamiids are unique among insects in their invasion of the tide pool environment Larvae construct their cases of coralline algae The four described species are distributed along the coasts of New Zealand New South Wales and the Chatham Islands ChathamiidaeScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder TrichopteraSuperfamily SericostomatoideaFamily ChathamiidaeTillyard 1925GeneraChathamiaPhilianisusReferences Edit This caddisfly related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chathamiidae amp oldid 1035841243, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
