Family Pandalidae Haworth 1825 (shrimp)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pandalidae
Synonyms: Dorodoteidae Christofferson 1989, Heterocarpodidae Thompson 1965, Plesionikidae Christofferson 1989, Thalassocarididae Bate 1888
Parent taxon: Pandaloidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Poore and Ahyong 2004 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Chlorotocellidae
Subtaxa: Austropandalini Chlorotocus Heterocarpus Palaeopandalus Pandalus Pantominae Plesionika Stylopandalus
Type: Pandalus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pandalidae in the database