Gnathophyllidae

Gnathophyllidae is a pantropical and subtropical family of shrimp in the superfamily Palaemonoidea.[1] They are often associated with echinoderms.[2]

Gnathophyllidae
Gnathophyllum americanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Caridea
Superfamily:	Palaemonoidea
Family:	Gnathophyllidae Dana, 1852

There are 5 genera and 14 species:[3]

• Gnathophylleptum d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2001
• Gnathophylloides Schmitt, 1933
• Gnathophyllum Latreille, 1819
• Levicaris Bruce, 1973
• Pycnocaris Bruce, 1972

References

1. P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Gnathophyllidae". Zoological Catalogue of Australia: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). CSIRO Publishing. pp. 248–250. ISBN 0-643-06791-4.
2. Raymond T. Bauer (2004). "Symbioses". Remarkable Shrimps: Adaptations and Natural History of the Carideans. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 179–203. ISBN 978-0-8061-3555-7.
3. 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.