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Chirocephalidae
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Chirocephalidae

Chirocephalidae is a family of fairy shrimp, characterised by a reduced or vestigial maxilla, more than two setae on the fifth endite, divided pre-epipodites and widely separated seminal vesicles. It consists of the following eight genera, including the genera formerly placed in the families Linderiellidae and Polyartemiidae:

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8 branches of this family, most-observed first

Eubranchipus

genusEubranchipus

Chirocephalus

genusChirocephalus

Linderiella

genusLinderiella

Polyartemia

genusPolyartemia

Polyartemiella

genusPolyartemiella

Artemiopsis

genusArtemiopsis

Branchinectella

genusBranchinectella

Florida Fairy Shrimps

genusDexteria

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