Ctenochelidae Manning & Felder, 1991

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 136

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Ctenochelidae Manning & Felder, 1991
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Family Ctenochelidae Manning & Felder, 1991 View in CoL

Manning & Felder (1991) erected the new family Ctenochelidae for ghost shrimps with a cardiac prominence, strong scaphocerite and pediform third maxilliped usually with a distal spine. Only one species has been reported in the area of coverage.

Manning, R. B. & Felder, D. L. (1991) Revision of the American Callianassidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 104, 764 - 792.