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. 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''
References
Malacostraca
Crustacean families
Taxa described in 1985
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