Family Aristeidae Wood-Mason 1891 (decapod)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aristeidae
Parent taxon: Penaeoidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Poore and Ahyong 2004 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Aciculopodidae, Aegeridae, Benthesicymidae, Carpopenaeidae, Casertanus, Gladiocaris, Homelys, Penaeidae, Sicyoniidae, Solenoceridae
Subtaxa: Aristaeomorpha Aristaeopsis Aristeus Austropenaeus Pseudaristeus
Type: Aristeus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aristeidae in the database