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Anaspidesidae
Anaspides tasmaniae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Anaspidacea
Family: Anaspidesidae
Ahyong & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2017
Genera
  • Allanaspides Swain, Wilson, Hickman & Ong, 1970
  • Anaspides Thomson, 1894
  • Paranaspides Smith, 1908
Synonyms

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]

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

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After Höpel et al. (2023)[8]

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