Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Caridea > Superfamily Alpheoidea

Bythocarididae Christoffersen, 1987

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bythocaris G.O. Sars, 1870
Cryptocheles G. O. Sars, 1870

Literature

original description

Christoffersen, M. L. (1987). Phylogenetic relationships of hippolytid genera, with an assignment of new families for the Crangonoidea and Alpheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea). Cladistics. 3: 348-362.

basis of record

De Grave, S.; Li, C. P.; Tsang, L. M.; Chu, K. H.; Chan, T.-Y. (2014). Unweaving hippolytoid systematics (Crustacea, Decapoda, Hippolytidae): resurrection of several families. Zoologica Scripta. 43: 496-507.

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Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Bythocarididae Christoffersen, 1987. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883937

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

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Last modified

2016-08-29 by Sammy De Grave

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