Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hippolytidae

Synonyms: Alopidae Christofferson 1987, Merhippolytidae Christofferson 1990, Nauticarididae Christofferson 1987

Parent taxon: Alpheoidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Alpheidae, Barbouriidae, Bythocarididae, Lysmatidae, Merguiidae, Ogyrididae, Thoridae

Subtaxa: Alope Eualus Hippolyte Latreutes Lebbeus Leontocaris Lissosabinea Merhippolyte Metacrangon Nauticaris Paracrangon Parapontophilus Saron Thorellinae Tozeuma

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Type: Hippolyte

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sahel Alma (Dubertret collection, MNHN) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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