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Thamnocephalidae

Thamnocephalidae is a family of crustaceans with wide distribution including Western Australia and Southern Africa. It was originally described as a subfamily of Branchipodidae by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1883, and elevated to the rank of family by Simon in 1886. Six genera are recognised, in two subfamilies:

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first

Horned Fairy Shrimps

genusBranchinella

Beavertail Fairy Shrimps

genusThamnocephalus

Dendrocephalus

genusDendrocephalus

Phallocryptus

genusPhallocryptus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85350.