Nematocarcinoidea

Deep-sea prawn Nematocarcinus undulatipes, from Calman (1911).

Belongs within: Caridea.

The Nematocarcinoidea are a group of shrimps possessing strap-like epipods on at least the first three pairs of pereiopods, and a blunt molar process.

<==Nematocarcinoidea MD01
    |--Eugonatonotus MG-H11 [Eugonatonotidae MD01]
    |    `--E. chacei Chan & Yu 1991 MG-H11
    |--Xiphocaris H86 [Xiphocarididae MD01]
    |    `--X. elongata (Guérin 1855) H86
    |--Rhynchocinetidae MD01
    |    |--Lipkius holthuisi Yaldwyn 1960 C85
    |    `--Rhynchocinetes MG-H11
    |         |--R. brucei Okuno 1994 MG-H11
    |         `--R. enigma Okuno 1997 MG-H11
    `--Nematocarcinus Milne Edwards 1881 [Nematocarcinidae] B04
         |--N. ensifer M85
         |--N. productus Bate 1888 MG-H11
         |--N. tenuirostris Bate 1888 MG-H11
         `--N. undulatipes Bate 1888 MG-H11

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B04] Boyko, C. B. 2004. The Bopyridae (Crustacea, Isopoda) parasites of the Stylodactylidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea). Zoosystema 26 (2): 199–210.

[C85] Chace, F. A., Jr. 1985. The caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine expedition, 1907–1910, part 3: Families Thalassocarididae and Pandalidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 411: 1–143.

[H86] Holthuis, L. B. 1986. Decapoda. In: Botosaneanu, L. (ed.) Stygofauna Mundi: A Faunistic, Distributional, and Ecological Synthesis of the World Fauna inhabiting Subterranean Waters (including the Marine Interstitial) pp. 589–615. E. J. Brill/Dr. W. Backhuys: Leiden.

[M85] Markham, J. C. 1985. A review of the bopyrid isopods infesting caridean shrimps in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, with special reference to those collected during the Hourglass Cruises in the Gulf of Mexico. Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises 7 (3): 1–156.

[MD01] Martin, J. W., & G. E. Davis. 2001. An updated classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum Los Angeles County, Science Series 39: 1–124.

[MG-H11] McEnnulty, F. R., K. L. Gowlett-Holmes, A. Williams, F. Althaus, J. Fromont, G. C. B. Poore, T. D. O'Hara, L. Marsh, P. Kott, S. Slack-Smith, P. Alderslade & M. V. Kitahara. 2011. The deepwater megabenthic invertebrates on the western continental margin of Australia (100–1100 m depths): composition, distribution and novelty. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 80: 1–191.