Family Hippolytidae Bate 1888 (shrimp)
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
Type: Hippolyte
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hippolytidae in the database