Chirocephalidae is a family of
fairy shrimp, characterised by a reduced or vestigial
maxilla, more than two
setae on the fifth endite, divided pre-epipodites and widely separated
seminal vesicles. It consists of the following eight
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
, including the genera formerly placed in the families Linderiellidae and Polyartemiidae:
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Artemiopsis''
G. O. Sars, 1897
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Branchinectella''
Daday de Dées, 1910
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Chirocephalus
''Chirocephalus'' is a genus of fairy shrimp in the family Chirocephalidae. It contains the following species:
*''Chirocephalus algidus'' Cottarelli ''et al.'', 2010
*'' Chirocephalus anatolicus'' Cottarelli, Mura & Özkütük, 2007
*'' Chirocep ...
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Prévost, 1820
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Dexteria
''Dexteria floridana'' is an extinct species of fairy shrimp in the family Chirocephalidae, the only species in the genus ''Dexteria''. It was endemic to Florida, where it was known from a single pool, south of Gainesville. It was originally des ...
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Brtek, 1965
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Eubranchipus
''Eubranchipus'' is a genus of brine shrimp and fairy shrimp in the family Chirocephalidae. There are about 16 described species in ''Eubranchipus''.
Species
* '' Eubranchipus asanumai''
* '' Eubranchipus birostratus'' (Fischer, 1851)
* '' Eubran ...
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Verrill, 1870
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Linderiella
''Linderiella'' is a genus of fairy shrimp, previously placed in its own family, Linderiellidae, but now usually considered part of the Chirocephalidae. It comprises five species – '' Linderiella occidentalis'' and '' L. santarosae'' from Calif ...
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Brtek, 1964
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Polyartemia''
Fischer, 1851
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Polyartemiella''
Daday de Dées, 1909
References
Anostraca
Crustacean families
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