Family Bythocarididae Christofferson 1987 (shrimp)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Bythocarididae
Parent taxon: Alpheoidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Alpheidae, Barbouriidae, Hippolytidae, Lysmatidae, Merguiidae, Ogyrididae, Thoridae
Subtaxa: Bythocaris
Type: Bythocaris
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bythocarididae in the database