The Valvifera are marine isopod crustaceans.

[1] Valviferans are distinguished, however, by the flat, valve-like uropods which hinge laterally and fold inward beneath the rear part of their bodies, covering the pleopods.

[2] Some species are omnivorous, and serve as effective scavengers in the economy of the sea.

Twelve families are recognised:[1]

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