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: