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Sergestidae

Sergestidae is a family of prawns which have lived since at least the Middle Jurassic. It contains the following genera:Acetes H. Milne-Edwards, 1830 Allosergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008 Casertanus Bravi et al., 2014 † Cretasergestes Garassino & Schweigert, 2006 † Deosergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008 Eusergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008 Neosergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008 Paleomattea Maisey & G. P. de Carvalho, 1995 † Parasergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008 Sergestes H. Milne-Edwards, 1830 Sergia Stimpson, 1860 Sicyonella Borradaile, 1910

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Length
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Sergestidae
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Superfamily: Sergestoidea
Family: Sergestidae
Dana, 1852
Genera

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Sergestidae is a family of prawns which have lived since at least the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian/Bathonian of Monte Fallano Plattenkalk).1 It contains the following genera:2

  • Acetes H. Milne-Edwards, 1830
  • Allosergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008
  • Casertanus Bravi et al., 20141
  • Cretasergestes Garassino & Schweigert, 2006
  • Deosergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008
  • Eusergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008
  • Neosergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008
  • Paleomattea Maisey & G. P. de Carvalho, 1995
  • Parasergestes Judkins & Kensley, 2008
  • Sergestes H. Milne-Edwards, 1830
  • Sergia Stimpson, 1860
  • Sicyonella Borradaile, 1910
References

References

  1. Sergio Bravi; Alessandro Garassino; Antonello Bartiromo; Denis Audo; Sylvain Charbonnier; Günter Schweigert; Frédéric Thévenard & Cristiano Longobardi (2014). "Middle Jurassic Monte Fallano Plattenkalk (Campania, southern Italy): first report on terrestrial plants, decapod crustaceans and fishes". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 272 (1): 79–107. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0398.
  2. 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.