Benthesicymus

Benthesicymus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Benthesicymidae
Genus: Benthesicymus
Spence Bate, 1881 [1]

Benthesicymus is a genus of prawns, containing the following species:[2]

  • Benthesicymus altus Spence Bate, 1881
  • Benthesicymus armatus MacGilchrist, 1905
  • Benthesicymus bartletti Smith, 1882
  • Benthesicymus brasiliensis Spence Bate, 1881
  • Benthesicymus cereus Burkenroad, 1936
  • Benthesicymus crenatus Spence Bate, 1881
  • Benthesicymus howensis Dall, 2001
  • Benthesicymus investigatoris Alcock & Anderson, 1899
  • Benthesicymus iridescens Spence Bate, 1881
  • Benthesicymus laciniatus Rathbun, 1906
  • Benthesicymus seymouri Tirmizi, 1960
  • Benthesicymus strabus Burkenroad, 1936
  • Benthesicymus tanneri Faxon, 1893
  • Benthesicymus tirmiziae Crosnier, 1978
  • Benthesicymus urinator Burkenroad, 1936

A single fossil species, formerly included in the genus Benthesicymus, is now placed in a separate genus, Palaeobenthesicymus.[3]

References

  1. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. Charles Fransen, Sammy De Grave & Michael Türkay (2012). "Benthesicymus". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  3. Denis Audo & Sylvain Charbonnier (2012). "The crest-bearing shrimps from the Sahel Alma Lagerstätte (Late Cretaceous, Lebanon)". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (in press). doi:10.4202/app.2011.0056.


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