Family Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason 1891 (decapod)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Benthesicymidae
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, Aristeidae, Carpopenaeidae, Casertanus, Gladiocaris, Homelys, Penaeidae, Sicyoniidae, Solenoceridae
Subtaxa: Bentheogennema Benthesicymus Gennadas Palaeobenthesicymus Palaeobenthonectes
Type: Benthesicymus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences