Speleonectidae

Speleonectidae
Speleonectes tanumekes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Remipedia
Order: Nectiopoda
Family:

Speleonectidae is a family of remipedes in the order Nectiopoda. There are at least two genera and about seven described species in Speleonectidae.[1][2]

Genera

These two genera and seven species belong to the family Speleonectidae:[3][4][5]

  • Lasionectes Yager & Schram, 1986
    • Lasionectes entrichoma Yager & Schram, 1986
  • Speleonectes Yager, 1981
    • Speleonectes epilimnius Yager & Carpenter, 1999
    • Speleonectes gironensis Yager, 1994
    • Speleonectes kakuki Daenekas, Iliffe, Yager & Koenemann, 2009
    • Speleonectes lucayensis Yager, 1981
    • Speleonectes minnsi Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2003
    • Speleonectes tanumekes Koenemann, Iliffe & van der Ham, 2003

Several former Speleonectes species have recently been transferred to other genera:[5]

References

  1. ^ "Speleonectidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. ^ "Speleonectidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. ^ WoRMS. "Speleonectidae Yager, 1981". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. ^ WoRMS. "Lasionectes Yager & Schram, 1986". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b WoRMS. "Speleonectes Yager, 1981". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

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