Crangonidae is a

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

shrimp Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...

, of the

superfamily SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, especially into SCOP superfamilies. Domains are functional, str ...

Crangonoidea Crangonoidea is a superfamily of shrimp containing the two families Crangonidae and Glyphocrangonidae Glyphocrangonidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Decapoda The Decapoda or decapods (literally "ten-footed") are an o ...

, including the commercially important species ''

Crangon crangon ''Crangon crangon'' is a species of caridean shrimp found across the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from the White Sea in the north of Russia to the coast of Morocco, including the Baltic Sea, as well as occurring throughout the Mediterranean and Bl ...

''. Its

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal f ...

is ''

Crangon ''Crangon'' is a genus of shrimp. Distribution ''Crangon'' species are found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, with most of the species occurring in the northern Pacific Ocean. '' C. septemspinosa'' is the only species in the genus t ...

''. Twenty-four genera are included in the family: *'' Aegaeon'' Agassiz, 1846 *''

Argis Argis is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. Geography Argis is in the mountains of the southern Jura in the mountains of Bugey in the valley of the Albarine between Tenay and Saint-Ramber ...

'' Krøyer, 1842 *''

'' Fabricius, 1798 *'' Lissocrangon'' Kuris & Carlton, 1977 *'' Lissosabinea'' Christoffersen, 1988 *'' Mesocrangon'' Zarenkov, 1965 *''

Metacrangon ''Metacrangon'' is a genus of shrimp belonging to the family Crangonidae Crangonidae is a family of shrimp, of the superfamily Crangonoidea, including the commercially important species ''Crangon crangon''. Its type genus is '' Crangon''. ...

'' Zarenkov, 1965 *†'' Morscrangon'' Garassino & Jakobsen, 2005 *''

Neocrangon ''Neocrangon'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the family Crangonidae. Its native range is Northern America and Japan. Species: *''Neocrangon abyssorum'' *''Neocrangon communis'' *''Neocrangon geniculata'' *''Neocrangon joloensis'' ...

'' Zarenkov, 1965 *'' Notocrangon'' Coutière, 1900 *'' Paracrangon'' Dana, 1852a *'' Parapontocaris'' Alcock, 1901 *'' Parapontophilus'' Christoffersen, 1988 *'' Philocheras'' Stebbing, 1900 *'' Placopsicrangon'' Komai & Chan, 2009 *'' Pontocaris'' Bate, 1888 *'' Pontophilus'' Leach, 1817 *'' Pseudopontophilus'' Komai, 2004 *'' Prionocrangon'' Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 *'' Rhynocrangon'' Zarenkov, 1965 *'' Sabinea'' J. C. Ross, 1835 *'' Sclerocrangon'' Sars, 1883 *'' Syncrangon'' Kim & Hayashi, 2003 *'' Vercoia'' Baker, 1904

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Caridea Decapod families {{Caridea-stub