family
Chirocephalidae
Chirocephalidae
Field notes
Chirocephalidae is a family of fairy shrimp, characterised by a reduced or vestigial maxilla, more than two setae on the fifth endite, divided pre-epipodites and widely separated seminal vesicles. It consists of the following eight genera, including the genera formerly placed in the families Linderiellidae and Polyartemiidae:
Artemiopsis G. O. Sars, 1897
Branchinectella Daday de Dées, 1910
Chirocephalus Prévost, 1820
†Dexteria Brtek, 1965
Eubranchipus Verrill, 1870
Linderiella Brtek, 1964
Polyartemia Fischer, 1851
Polyartemiella Daday de Dées, 1909
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native Chirocephalidae All
Native to the US, by observations.
