Stenopodidae

Stenopodidae
Temporal range: Devonian–Recent
Stenopus hispidus, banded boxer shrimp, Indonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Stenopodidea
Family: Stenopodidae
Claus, 1872
Synonyms[1]
  • Stenopidae Huxley, 1879

Stenopodidae is a family of decapods in the order Decapoda, sometimes known as boxer shrimp. There are about 6 genera and more than 30 described species in Stenopodidae.[1][2][3] The oldest record of the family dates to the Devonian.[4]

Genera

These six genera belong to the family Stenopodidae:

References

  1. ^ a b "Stenopodidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  2. ^ "Stenopodidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  3. ^ Jones, Wade T.; Feldmann, Rodney M.; Schweitzer, Carrie E.; Schram, Frederick R.; Behr, Rose-Anna; Hand, Kristen L. (November 2014). "The first Paleozoic stenopodidean from the Huntley Mountain Formation (Devonian–Carboniferous), north-central Pennsylvania". Journal of Paleontology. 88 (6): 1251–1256. doi:10.1666/13-059. ISSN 0022-3360.

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