Laomediidae

Summary

Laomediidae is a family of mud shrimp crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Gebiidea, within the order Decapoda.[1]

Laomediidae
Naushonia draconis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Gebiidea
Family: Laomediidae
Borradaile, 1903
Genera

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It contains the following genera:[1]

  • Jaxea Nardo, 1847
  • Laomedia De Haan, 1841
  • Naushonia Kingsley, 1897
  • Reschia Schweigert, 2009 - although the placement of Reschia within Laomediidae has been disputed[2]
  • Saintlaurentiella Paiva, Tavares & Silva-Neto, 2010
  • Strianassa Anker, 2020

The family Axianassidae is sometimes considered to be a junior synonym of Laomediidae.[3][4] In this case, Laomediidae would also include the following genera:[5]

  • Axianassa Schmitt, 1924
  • Heteroaxianassa Sakai, 2016

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Laomediidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. ^ Hyzny, Matus (May 2011). "Revision of Jaxea kuemeli Bachmayer, 1954 (Decapoda: Gebiidea: Laomediidae) from the Miocene of Europe, with remarks on the palaeobiogeography of the genus Jaxea Nardo, 1847" (PDF). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 260 (2): 173–184. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2011/0165.
  3. ^ "Axianassidae Schmitt, 1924". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  4. ^ Kensley, Brian; Heard, Richard (25 September 1990). "THE GENUS AXIANASSA (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: THALASSINIDEA) IN THE AMERICAS" (PDF). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 103 (3): 558–572.
  5. ^ "Laomediidae Borradaile, 1903". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2018.