Family Crangonidae Haworth 1825 (shrimp)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Crangonidae
Alternative spelling: Cragonidae
Parent taxon: Crangonoidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Rathbun 1919 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Glyphocrangonidae
Subtaxa: Aegaeon Crangon Miocrangon Morscrangon Odontochelion Paracrangoninae Philocheras Philocherinae Pontocaridinae Pontocaris Pontophilinae Vercoia
Type: Crangon
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)
• Eocene of Denmark (4)
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences