Pasiphaeidae
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Pasiphaeidae is a family
of shrimp
s. It is the only family in the superfamily
Pasiphaeoidea and contains seven extant genera:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of shrimp
Shrimp
Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...
s. It is the only family in the superfamily
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
Pasiphaeoidea and contains seven extant genera:
- Alainopasiphaea Hayashi, 1999
- Eupasiphae Wood-Mason, 1893
- Glyphus Filhol, 1884
- Leptochela Stimpson, 1860
- Parapasiphae Smith, 1884
- Pasiphaea Savigny, 1816
- Psathyrocaris Wood-Mason, 1893