Anaspidesidae
Family of crustaceans
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Anaspidesidae is a family of freshwater crustacean that is endemic to Tasmania, Australia.[1] The family contains 3 living genera. This group of crustaceans are considered living fossils.[1] They are commonly and collectively known as the Tasmanian anaspid crustaceans.[2]
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Ahyong & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2017
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| Anaspides tasmaniae | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Anaspidacea |
| Family: | Anaspidesidae Ahyong & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2017 |
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This family is originally called as Anaspididae. However, genus name Anaspis was preoccupied by the insect genus, Anaspis Geoffroy, 1762,[3] and therefore, in 2017, the family was renamed to Anaspidesidae by Shane Ahyong and Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga.[3][4]
Anaspiesids have stalked eyes, long antennae and antennules, and a slender body with no carapace. The two species of Allanaspides[5][6] and the single species of Paranaspides[7] are all listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
Taxonomy
After Höpel et al. (2023)[8]
- Allanaspides Swain, Wilson, Hickman & Ong, 1970
- Allanaspides hickmani Swain, Wilson & Ong, 1970 – commonly known as Hickman's pygmy mountain shrimp
- Allanaspides helonomus Swain, Wilson, Hickman & Ong, 1970
- Anaspides Thomson, 1894[9]
- Anaspides tasmaniae Thomson, 1892
- Anaspides spinulae Williams, 1965
- Anaspides jarmani Ahyong, 2015
- Anaspides clarkei Ahyong, 2015
- Anaspides swaini Ahyong, 2015
- Anaspides driesseni Höpel, Richter & Ahyong, 2023
- Anaspides richardsoni Ahyong, 2016
- Anaspides eberhardi Ahyong, 2016
- Paranaspides Smith, 1908
- Paranaspides lacustris Smith, 1909
- Paranaspides williamsi Ahyong, Schwentner & Richter, 2017[10]
- †Anaspidites Brooks, 1962 (Hawkesbury sandstone, Triassic)[11]
- †Anaspidites antiquus (Chilton, 1929)
- †Koonaspides Jell & Duncan, 1986 (Koonwarra fossil bed, Aptian, Early Cretaceous)[12]
- †Koonaspides indistinctus Jell & Duncan, 1986
