Biology:Stenopodidae

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Short description: Family of crustaceans

Stenopodidae
Temporal range: Devonian–Recent
Banded Boxer Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) (6080400754).jpg
Stenopus hispidus, banded boxer shrimp, Indonesia
Scientific classification e
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:

  • Juxtastenopus Goy, 2010
  • Odontozona Holthuis, 1946
  • Richardina A. Milne Edwards, 1881
  • Stenopus Latreille, 1819
  • Devonostenopus Jones et al., 2014
  • Phoenice Garassino, 2000

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q14524551 entry