Sergestidae is a family of
prawn
Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton
An exoskeleton () . is a skeleton that is on the exterior of an animal in the form of hardened integument, which both supports the body's shape and protects the intern ...
s which have lived since at least the
Middle Jurassic
The Middle Jurassic is the second Epoch (geology), epoch of the Jurassic Period (geology), Period. It lasted from about 174.1 to 161.5 million years ago. Fossils of land-dwelling animals, such as dinosaurs, from the Middle Jurassic are relativel ...
(Bajocian/Bathonian).
It contains the following genera:
*''
Acetes
''Acetes'' is a genus of small prawns that resemble krill, which is native to the western and central Indo-Pacific, the Atlantic coast of the Americas, Pacific coast of South America and inland waters of South America. Although most are from mar ...
''
H. Milne-Edwards, 1830
*''
Allosergestes''
Judkins & Kensley, 2008
*''
Casertanus''
Bravi ''et al.'', 2014 †
*''
Cretasergestes''
Garassino & Schweigert, 2006 †
*''
Deosergestes''
Judkins & Kensley, 2008
*''
Eusergestes''
Judkins & Kensley, 2008
*''
Neosergestes''
Judkins & Kensley, 2008
*''
Paleomattea
''Paleomattea'' is an extinct genus of prawn, containing the single species ''Paleomattea deliciosa''. The species is only known from the stomach contents of the fish ''Rhacolepis'', which is referred to by the specific epithet ''deliciosa'' ("d ...
''
Maisey & G. P. de Carvalho, 1995 †
*''
Parasergestes''
Judkins & Kensley, 2008
*''
Sergestes''
H. Milne-Edwards, 1830
*''
Sergia''
Stimpson, 1860
*''
Sicyonella''
Borradaile, 1910
References
Dendrobranchiata
Decapod families
{{Dendrobranchiata-stub