Micheleidae

Family of crustaceans

Micheleidae
PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Tethisea indica Poore, 1994 ; Type status: PARATYPE; Identified by: Poore G.C.B.; Individual Count: 2 ; Event date: 1980-11-06T00:00:00Z
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Axiidea
Family: Micheleidae

Micheleidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Axiidea, within the order Decapoda.[1]

It contains the following genera:[1]

  • Marcusiaxius Rodrigues & de Carvalho, 1972
  • Meticonaxius de Man, 1905
  • Michelea Kensley & Heard, 1991
  • Paki Karasawa & Hayakawa, 2000
  • Tethisea Poore, 1994

References

  1. ^ a b "Micheleidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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Subgroups of Order Decapoda
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Malacostraca
  • Subclass: Eumalacostraca
  • Superorder: Eucarida
Dendrobranchiata
Dendrobranchiata (prawns)

Stenopodidea (boxer shrimp) Caridea (true shrimp) Achelata (spiny lobsters, slipper lobsters) Astacidea (lobsters, crayfish) Anomura (hermit crabs and others)

Brachyura (crabs)
Pleocyemata
Stenopodidea
Procarididea
Caridea
Reptantia
Achelata
Polychelida
Glypheidea
Astacidea
Axiidea
Gebiidea
Anomura
Brachyura
    • see Brachyura
Taxon identifiers
Micheleidae