Chirocephalidae

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:


 * Artemiopsis G. O. Sars, 1897
 * Branchinectella Daday de Dées, 1910
 * Chirocephalus Prévost, 1820
 * Dexteria Brtek, 1965
 * Eubranchipus Verrill, 1870
 * Linderiella Brtek, 1964
 * Polyartemia Fischer, 1851
 * Polyartemiella Daday de Dées, 1909