Crangonidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of
shrimp, of the
superfamily Crangonoidea, including the commercially important species ''
Crangon crangon
''Crangon crangon'' is a species of caridean shrimp found across the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from the White Sea in the north of Russia to the coast of Morocco, including the Baltic Sea, as well as occurring throughout the Mediterranean and Bl ...
''. Its
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal ...
is ''
Crangon''.
Twenty-four genera are included in the family:
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Aegaeon''
Agassiz, 1846
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Argis
Argis is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.
Geography
Argis is in the mountains of the southern Jura in the mountains of Bugey in the valley of the Albarine between Tenay and Saint-Ramber ...
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Krøyer, 1842
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Crangon''
Fabricius, 1798
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Lissocrangon''
Kuris & Carlton, 1977
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Lissosabinea''
Christoffersen, 1988
*''
Mesocrangon''
Zarenkov, 1965
*''
Metacrangon''
Zarenkov, 1965
*†''
Morscrangon''
Garassino & Jakobsen, 2005
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Neocrangon''
Zarenkov, 1965
*''
Notocrangon''
Coutière, 1900
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Paracrangon''
Dana, 1852a
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Parapontocaris''
Alcock, 1901
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Parapontophilus''
Christoffersen, 1988
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Philocheras''
Stebbing, 1900
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Placopsicrangon''
Komai & Chan, 2009
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Pontocaris''
Bate, 1888
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Pontophilus''
Leach, 1817
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Pseudopontophilus''
Komai, 2004
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Prionocrangon''
Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
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Rhynocrangon''
Zarenkov, 1965
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Sabinea''
J. C. Ross, 1835
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Sclerocrangon''
Sars, 1883
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Syncrangon''
Kim & Hayashi, 2003
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Vercoia''
Baker, 1904
References
Caridea
Decapod families
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