| Chathamiidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Trichoptera |
| Superfamily: | Sericostomatoidea |
| Family: | Chathamiidae Tillyard, 1925 |
| Genera | |
Chathamiidae is a family of case-making caddisflies more commonly known as the marine caddisflies.[1] Chathamiids are unique among insects in their invasion of the tide pool environment. Larvae construct their cases of coralline algae. The eggs of one marine caddisfy species (Philanisus plebeius) are found inside starfish (Patiriella regularis in New Zealand and Patiriella exigua in Australia).[2] The five described species[3] are distributed along the coasts of New Zealand, New South Wales, and the Chatham Islands.[4]
- ^ Riek, E. F. (1977). "THE MARINE CADDISFLY FAMILY CHATHAMIIDAE (TRICHOPTERA)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 15 (4): 405–419. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01724.x. ISSN 1326-6756.
- ^ Winterbourn, M. J.; Anderson, N. H. (1980). "The life history of Philanisus plebeius Walker (Trichoptera: Chathamiidae), a caddisfly whose eggs were found in a starfish". Ecological Entomology. 5 (3): 293–304. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1980.tb01151.x. ISSN 0307-6946.
- ^ Ward, John B. (1995). "Nine new species of New Zealand caddis (Trichoptera)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 22 (1): 91–103. doi:10.1080/03014223.1995.9518025. ISSN 0301-4223.
- ^ Boast, Alexander Peter (2010). Evolution of New Zealand's Marine Caddisflies: A Phylogenetic and Phylogeographic Assessment of the Chathamiidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) (thesis thesis). Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington.