Hirsutiidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group can ...
s, classified either as a separate order, Bochusacea,
or as part of a wider
Mictacea
Mictacea is a monotypic order of crustaceans. It was originally erected for three species of small shrimp-like animals of the deep sea and anchialine caves. They were placed in two families, the Mictocarididae and Hirsutiidae, but Hirsutiidae ...
. It comprises five species in three genera:
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Hirsutia bathyalis''
Saunders, Hessler & Garner, 1985
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Hirsutia saundersetalia''
Just & Poore, 1988
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Thetispelecaris remex''
Gutu & Iliffe, 1998
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Thetispelecaris yurigako''
Ohtsuka, Hanamura & Kase, 2002
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Montucaris distincta''
Jaume, Boxshall & Bamber, 2006
See also
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Mictocaris
''Mictocaris halope'' is the only species of cave crustacean in the monotypic genus ''Mictocaris''. It is placed in its own family, Mictocarididae, and is sometimes considered the only member of the order Mictacea. ''Mictocaris'' is endemic to ...
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References
Malacostraca
Crustacean families
Taxa described in 1985
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