Benthesicymidae

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Malacostraca

Order:Decapoda

Suborder:Dendrobranchiata

Benthesicymidae
Benthesicymus crenatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Dendrobranchiata
Superfamily:	Penaeoidea
Family:	Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891[1]
Genera
Altelatipes Crosnier & Vereshchaka, 2008 Bentheogennema Burkenroad, 1936 Benthesicymus Spence Bate, 1881 Benthonectes Smith, 1885 Gennadas Spence Bate, 1881 Palaeobenthesicymus Bathicaris Vereshchaka & Kulagin, 2020[2] Dalicaris Vereshchaka & Kulagin, 2020[2] Maorrancaris Vereshchaka & Kulagin, 2020[2] Trichocaris Vereshchaka & Kulagin, 2020[2]

Benthesicymidae is a family of pelagic and bathypelagic shrimps in the suborder Dendrobranchiata.^[3] Because they live in the deep ocean, these shrimp are difficult to collect, and much is still unknown about their ecology and evolution. Recent work by Vereshchaka & Lunina has clarified evolutionary relationships within the family.^[4] Evidence for fossil Benthesicymidae have been collected from the Late Santonian of Lebanon.^[5]