Family Merguiidae Christofferson 1990 (shrimp)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Merguiidae
Parent taxon: Alpheoidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Alpheidae, Barbouriidae, Bythocarididae, Hippolytidae, Lysmatidae, Ogyrididae, Thoridae
Subtaxa: Merguia
Type: Merguia
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Merguiidae in the database