Benthesicymidae

Benthesicymidae
Benthesicymus crenatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Superfamily:	Penaeoidea
Family:	Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 [1]
Genera
Altelatipes Crosnier & Vereshchaka, 2008 Bentheogennema Burkenroad, 1936 Benthesicymus Spence Bate, 1881 Benthonectes Smith, 1885 Gennadas Spence Bate, 1881 Palaeobenthesicymus Bathicaris Vereshchaka & Kulagin, 2020 [2] Dalicaris Vereshchaka & Kulagin, 2020 [2] Maorrancaris Vereshchaka & Kulagin, 2020 [2] Trichocaris Vereshchaka & Kulagin, 2020 [2]

Benthesicymidae is a family of pelagic and bathypelagic shrimps in the suborder Dendrobranchiata. ^[3] Because they live in the deep ocean, these shrimp are difficult to collect, and much is still unknown about their ecology and evolution. Recent work by Vereshchaka & Lunina has clarified evolutionary relationships within the family. ^[4] Evidence for fossil Benthesicymidae have been collected from the Late Santonian of Lebanon. ^[5]

References

1. Natural history notes from HM Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator,'Commander RF Hoskyn, RN, commanding.—Series II., No. 1. On the results of deep–sea dredging during the season 1890–91. J Wood-Mason, A Alcock, Journal of Natural History, 1891
2. Vereshchaka, Alexander L.; Corbari, Laure; Kulagin, Dmitry N.; Lunina, Anastasia A.; Olesen, Jørgen (2020). "A phylogeny-based revision of the shrimp genera Altelatipes, Benthonectes and Benthesicymus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Benthesicymidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 189 (1): 207–227. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz125.
3. Lunina, Anastasia A; Kulagin, Dmitry N; Vereshchaka, Alexander L (2019-10-21). "A hard-earned draw: phylogeny-based revision of the deep-sea shrimp Bentheogennema (Decapoda: Benthesicymidae) transfers two species to other genera and reveals two new species" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 187 (4): 1155–1172. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz070 .
4. Vereshchaka, Alexander; Corbari, Laure; Kulagin, Dmitry N; Lunina, Anastasia A.; Olesen, Jørgen (2020). "A phylogeny-based revision of the shrimp genera Altelatipes, Benthonectes and Benthesicymus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Benthesicymidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 189 (1): 207–227. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz125 – via Oxford University Press.
5. Audo, Denis; Charbonnier, Sylvain (2013). "The crest-bearing shrimps from the Sahel Alma Lagerstätte (Late Cretaceous, Lebanon)". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 58 (2): 335–349. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0056.

External links

• Media related to Benthesicymidae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Benthesicymidae at Wikispecies
• Benthesicymidae at WoRMS