Solenoceridae is a family of
decapods
The Decapoda or decapods (literally "ten-footed") are an order (biology), order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, Caridea, shrimp and Dendrobranchiata, prawns. Most ...
, containing 10 genera.
Members of this family are marine, inhabiting shallow and offshore waters from the
mid-continental shelf, ranging from depths to 1000 meters deep. Members of this family are also sometimes confused with other commercial shrimp species.
Genera
* ''
Cryptopenaeus'' de Freitas, 1979
* ''
Gordonella'' Tirmizi, 1960
* ''
Hadropenaeus'' Pérez Farfante, 1977
* ''
Haliporoides'' Stebbing, 1914
* ''
Haliporus'' Spence Bate, 1881
* ''
Hymenopenaeus'' Smith, 1882
* ''
Maximiliaeus'' Chan, 2012
* ''
Mesopenaeus'' Pérez Farfante, 1977
* ''
Pleoticus'' Spence Bate, 1888
* ''
Solenocera'' Lucas, 1849
References
Decapods
Decapod families
Taxa named by James Wood-Mason
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