Chirocephalidae

Chirocephalidae is a family of fairy shrimp, characterised by a reduced or vestigial maxilla, more than two setae on the fifth endite, divided pre-epipodites and widely separated seminal vesicles.^[2] It consists of the following eight genera, including the genera formerly placed in the families Linderiellidae and Polyartemiidae:^[1][3]

• Artemiopsis G. O. Sars, 1897
• Branchinectella Daday de Dées, 1910
• Chirocephalus Prévost, 1820
• †Dexteria Brtek, 1965
• Eubranchipus Verrill, 1870
• Linderiella Brtek, 1964
• Polyartemia Fischer, 1851
• Polyartemiella Daday de Dées, 1909

Chirocephalidae
Chirocephalus diaphanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Branchiopoda
Order:	Anostraca
Suborder:	Anostracina
Family:	Chirocephalidae Daday de Dées, 1910 [1]
Synonyms [1]
Linderiellidae Brtek, 1964 Polyartemiidae Simon, 1886