Species list, Checklist of Family Xiphocarididae for Caribbean islands (Caribbean)

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Checklist for Family Xiphocarididae Ortmann, 1895
and region Caribbean islands (Caribbean)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	335 1468 3809	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	332 1463 3804	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	141 794 2375	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	139 788 2353	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	130 741 2205	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Caridea Dana, 1852 Caridean shrimps	30 130 542	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Nematocarcinoidea S. I. Smith, 1884	5 7 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Xiphocarididae Ortmann, 1895	1 4	Genus Species	Taxom

Genera for Caribbean islands
1 Genera with 4 Species

Species

Species list for Caribbean islands
4 Species and 1 Subspecies

Xiphocaris brevirostris (Pocock, 1889)	⇒ Xiphocaris elongata Guérin-Ménev..., 1855
Xiphocaris elongata Guérin-Ménev..., 1855	Yellow-nose shrimp
Xiphocaris elongata typica (Ortmann, 1895)	⇒ Xiphocaris elongata Guérin-Ménev..., 1855
Xiphocaris gladiator (Pocock, 1889)	⇒ Xiphocaris elongata Guérin-Ménev..., 1855
Xiphocaris intermedius

Links, sources and further information

Xiphocarididae at gbif.org
Xiphocarididae at irmng.org
Xiphocarididae at itis.gov