Pasiphaeidae

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Pasiphaeidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Caridea
Superfamily: Pasiphaeoidea
Dana, 1852
Family: Pasiphaeidae
Dana, 1852
Genera

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Pasiphaeidae is a family of shrimp. It is the only family in the superfamily Pasiphaeoidea and contains seven extant genera:[1]

  • Alainopasiphaea Hayashi, 1999
  • Eupasiphae Wood-Mason, 1893
  • Glyphus Filhol, 1884
  • Leptochela Stimpson, 1860
  • Parapasiphae Smith, 1884
  • Pasiphaea Savigny, 1816
  • Psathyrocaris Wood-Mason, 1893

References

  1. Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. 
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