Family Hippidae Latreille 1825 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hippidae

No fossil representatives

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

See also Poore and Ahyong 2004 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Albuneidae, Blepharipodidae

Subtaxa: Hippa

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Type: Hippa

Ecology: semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cape Saint Lucas (Quaternary of Mexico)

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