Benthesicymidae

Benthesicymidae
Benthesicymus crenatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Superfamily: Penaeoidea
Family: Benthesicymidae
Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
Genera
  • Altelatipes Crosnier & Vereshchaka, 2008
  • Bentheogennema Burkenroad, 1936
  • Benthesicymus Spence Bate, 1881
  • Benthonectes Smith, 1885
  • Gennadas Spence Bate, 1881
  • Palaeobenthesicymus
  • Bathicaris Vereshchaka & Kulagin, 2020
  • Dalicaris Vereshchaka & Kulagin, 2020
  • Maorrancaris Vereshchaka & Kulagin, 2020
  • Trichocaris Vereshchaka & Kulagin, 2020

Benthesicymidae is a family of pelagic and bathypelagic shrimps in the suborder Dendrobranchiata. Because they live in the deep ocean, these shrimp are difficult to collect, and much is still unknown about their ecology and evolution. Recent work by Vereshchaka & Lunina has clarified evolutionary relationships within the family. Evidence for fossil Benthesicymidae have been collected from the Late Santonian of Lebanon.

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