Family

Chirocephalidae

Eubranchipus oregonus. Photo: (c) Saelon Renkes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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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Subtaxa

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