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Stenopus hispidus , banded boxer shrimp, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Stenopodidea |
Family: | Stenopodidae Claus, 1872 |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Stenopodidae is a family of decapods in the order Decapoda, sometimes known as boxer shrimp. There are about 6 genera and more than 30 described species in Stenopodidae. [1] [2] [3] The oldest record of the family dates to the Devonian. [4]
These six genera belong to the family Stenopodidae: