Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Caridea > Superfamily Crangonoidea

Crangonidae Haworth, 1825

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aegaeon Agassiz, 1846 [in Agassiz, 1842-1846]
Argis Krøyer, 1843
Crangon Fabricius, 1798
Metacrangon Zarenkov, 1965
Parapontophilus Christoffersen, 1988
Philocheras Stebbing, 1900
Pontophilus Leach, 1817 [in Leach, 1815-1875]
Sabinea Ross, 1835
Sclerocrangon G.O. Sars, 1883

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: echte garnalen

Literature

original description	Haworth, A.H., 1825. A new binary arrangement of the macrurous Crustacea.— The Philosophical Magazine and Journal 65: 183-184.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	De Grave, S. & C.H.J.M. Fransen. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zool. Med. Leiden 85(9): 30.ix.2011: 195-589 figs 1-59.
additional source	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Crangonidae Haworth, 1825. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106782