WoRMS taxon details
Bythocarididae Christoffersen, 1987
883937 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883937)
accepted
Family
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Christoffersen, M. L. (1987). Phylogenetic relationships of hippolytid genera, with an assignment of new families for the Crangonoidea and Alpheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea). <em>Cladistics.</em> 3: 348-362., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.1987.tb00898.x [details] Available for editors
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DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Bythocarididae Christoffersen, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=883937 on 2026-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Christoffersen, M. L. (1987). Phylogenetic relationships of hippolytid genera, with an assignment of new families for the Crangonoidea and Alpheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea). <em>Cladistics.</em> 3: 348-362., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.1987.tb00898.x [details] Available for editors
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basis of record De Grave, S.; Li, C. P.; Tsang, L. M.; Chu, K. H.; Chan, T.-Y. (2014). Unweaving hippolytoid systematics (Crustacea, Decapoda, Hippolytidae): resurrection of several families. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 43: 496-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12067 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record De Grave, S.; Li, C. P.; Tsang, L. M.; Chu, K. H.; Chan, T.-Y. (2014). Unweaving hippolytoid systematics (Crustacea, Decapoda, Hippolytidae): resurrection of several families. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 43: 496-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12067 [details] Available for editors