Benthesicymus

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

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

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

A 2020 study showed Benthesicymus to be paraphyletic with five robust clades, 4 of which were diagnosed as new genera:[4]

• Bathicaris Vereshchaka & Lunina, gen. nov.
  • Bathicaris brasiliensis (Spence Bate, 1881), comb. nov.
  • Bathicaris cereus (Burkenroad, 1936), comb. nov.
  • Bathicaris iridescens (Spence Bate, 1881), comb. nov.
  • Bathicaris seymouri (Tirmizi, 1960), comb. nov.
  • Bathicaris strabus (Burkenroad, 1936), comb. nov.
  • Bathicaris urinator (Burkenroad, 1936), comb. nov.
• Dalicaris Vereshchaka & Lunina, gen. nov.
  • Dalicaris altus (Spence Bate, 1881), comb. nov.
• Maorrancaris Vereshchaka & Lunina, gen. nov.
  • Maorrancaris investigatoris (Alcock & Anderson, 1899), comb. nov
• Trichocaris Vereshchaka & Lunina, gen. nov.
  • Trichocaris bartletti (Smith, 1882), comb. nov.
  • Trichocaris tanneri (Faxon, 1893), comb. nov.
  • Trichocaris tirmiziae (Crosnier, 1978), comb. nov.

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". WoRMS. 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.
4. Vereshchaka, Alexander L.; Corbari, Laure; Kulagin, Dmitry N.; Lunina, Anastasia A.; Olesen, Jørgen (2020). "A phylogeny-based revision of the shrimp genera Altelatipes, Benthonectes and Benthesicymus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Benthesicymidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 189 (1): 207–227. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz125.